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#12E0CD

#12e0cd ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#12e0cd is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 87.84% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.96% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.48% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 174.47°, with 85.12% saturation and 47.45% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. 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 12.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 1.59.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.5785

Complementary

  1. #12e0cd
  2. #e01225

Split complementary

  1. #12e0cd
  2. #e0128c
  3. #e06612

Analogous

  1. #12e066
  2. #12e0cd
  3. #128ce0

Triadic

  1. #12e0cd
  2. #cd12e0
  3. #e0cd12

Tetradic

  1. #12e0cd
  2. #1225e0
  3. #e01225
  4. #e0cd12

Square

  1. #12e0cd
  2. #6612e0
  3. #e01225
  4. #8ce012

Monochromatic

  1. #07524b
  2. #0c998c
  3. #12e0cd
  4. #4ef1e2
  5. #95f6ed

Shades

#12e0cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12e0cd
  2. #10cab9
  3. #0eb3a4
  4. #0d9d90
  5. #0b867b
  6. #097067
  7. #075a52
  8. #05433e
  9. #042d29
  10. #021615
  11. #000000

Tints

#12e0cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12e0cd
  2. #2ae3d2
  3. #41e6d7
  4. #59e9dc
  5. #71ece1
  6. #89f0e6
  7. #a0f3eb
  8. #b8f6f0
  9. #d0f9f5
  10. #e7fcfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12e0cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12e0cd
  2. #1dd6c5
  3. #28cdbe
  4. #33c3b6
  5. #3ebaae
  6. #49b0a7
  7. #54a69f
  8. #5f9d97
  9. #6a938f
  10. #758a88
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0d2ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4d2cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcc1cf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e5da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9d8cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96cece ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e3d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12e0cd {
  color: #12e0cd;
}
Background
.bg-12e0cd {
  background-color: #12e0cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12e0cd {
  border: 2px solid #12e0cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12e0cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 224 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 174 85% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12e0cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12e0cd, #128ce0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12e0cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 224 205 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 1.59 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.51 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.95 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 6.85 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.65 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.25 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.74 #ed1f32 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#12e0cd  rgb(18, 224, 205)  hsl(174, 85%, 47%)  Turquoise
#e01225  rgb(224, 18, 37)  hsl(354, 85%, 47%)  Cadmium Red
#cd12e0  rgb(205, 18, 224)  hsl(294, 85%, 47%)  Electric Purple
#e0cd12  rgb(224, 205, 18)  hsl(54, 85%, 47%)  Citrine