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#12D7CD

#12d7cd ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#12d7cd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 84.31% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.63% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.65% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 176.95°, with 84.55% saturation and 45.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 2.94.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.5314

Complementary

  1. #12d7cd
  2. #d7121c

Split complementary

  1. #12d7cd
  2. #d7127f
  3. #d76a12

Analogous

  1. #12d76a
  2. #12d7cd
  3. #127fd7

Triadic

  1. #12d7cd
  2. #cd12d7
  3. #d7cd12

Tetradic

  1. #12d7cd
  2. #121cd7
  3. #d7121c
  4. #d7cd12

Square

  1. #12d7cd
  2. #6a12d7
  3. #d7121c
  4. #7fd712

Monochromatic

  1. #064a46
  2. #0c908a
  3. #12d7cd
  4. #46f0e7
  5. #8df5f0

Shades

#12d7cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12d7cd
  2. #10c2b9
  3. #0eaca4
  4. #0d9790
  5. #0b817b
  6. #096c67
  7. #075652
  8. #05413e
  9. #042b29
  10. #021615
  11. #000000

Tints

#12d7cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12d7cd
  2. #2adbd2
  3. #41dfd7
  4. #59e3dc
  5. #71e7e1
  6. #89ebe6
  7. #a0efeb
  8. #b8f3f0
  9. #d0f7f5
  10. #e7fbfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12d7cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12d7cd
  2. #1dcec5
  3. #28c6be
  4. #33bdb6
  5. #3eb4ae
  6. #49aca7
  7. #54a39f
  8. #5f9a97
  9. #6a918f
  10. #758988
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9acac6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cacbcd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2b9cf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ddd4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1d0cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ec6ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00dbd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12d7cd {
  color: #12d7cd;
}
Background
.bg-12d7cd {
  background-color: #12d7cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12d7cd {
  border: 2px solid #12d7cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12d7cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 215 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 85% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12d7cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12d7cd, #127fd7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12d7cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 215 205 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 2.94 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 3.06 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.90 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.22 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.84 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 7.47 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 8.83 #ed2832 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#12d7cd  rgb(18, 215, 205)  hsl(177, 85%, 46%)  Medium Turquoise
#d7121c  rgb(215, 18, 28)  hsl(357, 85%, 46%)  Lava
#cd12d7  rgb(205, 18, 215)  hsl(297, 85%, 46%)  Electric Purple
#d7cd12  rgb(215, 205, 18)  hsl(57, 85%, 46%)  Citrine