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#12E2BC

#12e2bc ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#12e2bc is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 88.63% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.04% cyan, 0% magenta, 16.81% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 169.04°, with 85.25% saturation and 47.84% 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 12.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 6.44.

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Relative luminance0.5815

Complementary

  1. #12e2bc
  2. #e21238

Split complementary

  1. #12e2bc
  2. #e212a0
  3. #e25412

Analogous

  1. #12e254
  2. #12e2bc
  3. #12a0e2

Triadic

  1. #12e2bc
  2. #bc12e2
  3. #e2bc12

Tetradic

  1. #12e2bc
  2. #1238e2
  3. #e21238
  4. #e2bc12

Square

  1. #12e2bc
  2. #5412e2
  3. #e21238
  4. #a0e212

Monochromatic

  1. #075446
  2. #0c9b81
  3. #12e2bc
  4. #4ff1d4
  5. #96f7e5

Shades

#12e2bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12e2bc
  2. #10cba9
  3. #0eb596
  4. #0d9e84
  5. #0b8871
  6. #09715e
  7. #075a4b
  8. #054438
  9. #042d26
  10. #021713
  11. #000000

Tints

#12e2bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12e2bc
  2. #2ae5c3
  3. #41e8c9
  4. #59ebd0
  5. #71eed7
  6. #89f1de
  7. #a0f3e4
  8. #b8f6eb
  9. #d0f9f2
  10. #e7fcf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12e2bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12e2bc
  2. #1dd8b6
  3. #28ceb0
  4. #33c5aa
  5. #3ebba4
  6. #49b19e
  7. #54a798
  8. #5f9d92
  9. #6a948c
  10. #758a86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0d3c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dad3ba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2c2bf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e5d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aed9bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9bcfbe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e4cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12e2bc {
  color: #12e2bc;
}
Background
.bg-12e2bc {
  background-color: #12e2bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12e2bc {
  border: 2px solid #12e2bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12e2bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 226 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 169 85% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12e2bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12e2bc, #12a0e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12e2bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 226 188 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.44 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.62 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 6.74 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 8.13 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 8.60 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 9.46 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 10.42 #ed1d43 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#12e2bc  rgb(18, 226, 188)  hsl(169, 85%, 48%)  Turquoise
#e21238  rgb(226, 18, 56)  hsl(349, 85%, 48%)  Crimson
#bc12e2  rgb(188, 18, 226)  hsl(289, 85%, 48%)  Electric Purple
#e2bc12  rgb(226, 188, 18)  hsl(49, 85%, 48%)  Saffron