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#12E1CA

#12e1ca ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#12e1ca 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 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.22% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 173.33°, with 85.19% saturation and 47.65% 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 12.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 2.48.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.5824

Complementary

  1. #12e1ca
  2. #e11229

Split complementary

  1. #12e1ca
  2. #e11291
  3. #e16212

Analogous

  1. #12e162
  2. #12e1ca
  3. #1291e1

Triadic

  1. #12e1ca
  2. #ca12e1
  3. #e1ca12

Tetradic

  1. #12e1ca
  2. #1229e1
  3. #e11229
  4. #e1ca12

Square

  1. #12e1ca
  2. #6212e1
  3. #e11229
  4. #91e112

Monochromatic

  1. #07534b
  2. #0c9a8a
  3. #12e1ca
  4. #4ff1df
  5. #95f7ec

Shades

#12e1ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12e1ca
  2. #10cbb6
  3. #0eb4a2
  4. #0d9e8d
  5. #0b8779
  6. #097165
  7. #075a51
  8. #05443d
  9. #042d28
  10. #021714
  11. #000000

Tints

#12e1ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12e1ca
  2. #2ae4cf
  3. #41e7d5
  4. #59eada
  5. #71eddf
  6. #89f0e5
  7. #a0f3ea
  8. #b8f6ef
  9. #d0f9f4
  10. #e7fcfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12e1ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12e1ca
  2. #1dd7c3
  3. #28cebb
  4. #33c4b4
  5. #3ebaac
  6. #49b1a5
  7. #54a79e
  8. #5f9d96
  9. #6a938f
  10. #758a87
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0d3c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6d3c9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bec1cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e6da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abd9c9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98cfcb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e4d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12e1ca {
  color: #12e1ca;
}
Background
.bg-12e1ca {
  background-color: #12e1ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12e1ca {
  border: 2px solid #12e1ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12e1ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 225 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 85% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12e1ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12e1ca, #1291e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12e1ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 225 202 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 2.48 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 4.50 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.99 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 7.03 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.10 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.74 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.40 #ed1e35 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#12e1ca  rgb(18, 225, 202)  hsl(173, 85%, 48%)  Turquoise
#e11229  rgb(225, 18, 41)  hsl(353, 85%, 48%)  Cadmium Red
#ca12e1  rgb(202, 18, 225)  hsl(293, 85%, 48%)  Electric Purple
#e1ca12  rgb(225, 202, 18)  hsl(53, 85%, 48%)  Citrine