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#12E1AA

#12e1aa ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#12e1aa is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 88.24% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92% cyan, 0% magenta, 24.44% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 164.06°, with 85.19% saturation and 47.65% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 12.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 5.04.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.5688

Complementary

  1. #12e1aa
  2. #e11249

Split complementary

  1. #12e1aa
  2. #e112b1
  3. #e14312

Analogous

  1. #12e143
  2. #12e1aa
  3. #12b1e1

Triadic

  1. #12e1aa
  2. #aa12e1
  3. #e1aa12

Tetradic

  1. #12e1aa
  2. #1249e1
  3. #e11249
  4. #e1aa12

Square

  1. #12e1aa
  2. #4312e1
  3. #e11249
  4. #b1e112

Monochromatic

  1. #07533f
  2. #0c9a74
  3. #12e1aa
  4. #4ff1c6
  5. #95f7dd

Shades

#12e1aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12e1aa
  2. #10cb99
  3. #0eb488
  4. #0d9e77
  5. #0b8766
  6. #097155
  7. #075a44
  8. #054433
  9. #042d22
  10. #021711
  11. #000000

Tints

#12e1aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12e1aa
  2. #2ae4b3
  3. #41e7bb
  4. #59eac4
  5. #71edcc
  6. #89f0d5
  7. #a0f3dd
  8. #b8f6e6
  9. #d0f9ee
  10. #e7fcf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12e1aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12e1aa
  2. #1dd7a6
  3. #28cea2
  4. #33c49d
  5. #3eba99
  6. #49b195
  7. #54a791
  8. #5f9d8d
  9. #6a9388
  10. #758a84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ed2bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbd0a7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5c0ae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e2d2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afd7a8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9dceac ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e2c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12e1aa {
  color: #12e1aa;
}
Background
.bg-12e1aa {
  background-color: #12e1aa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12e1aa {
  border: 2px solid #12e1aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12e1aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 225 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 85% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12e1aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12e1aa, #12b1e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12e1aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 225 170 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 5.04 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.10 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 8.59 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 8.71 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 9.69 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 10.58 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 10.59 #ed1e55 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#12e1aa  rgb(18, 225, 170)  hsl(164, 85%, 48%)  Caribbean Green
#e11249  rgb(225, 18, 73)  hsl(344, 85%, 48%)  Amaranth
#aa12e1  rgb(170, 18, 225)  hsl(284, 85%, 48%)  Dark Orchid
#e1aa12  rgb(225, 170, 18)  hsl(44, 85%, 48%)  Goldenrod