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#12E2DC

#12e2dc ≈ Bright Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#12e2dc is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 88.63% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.04% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.65% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 178.27°, with 85.25% saturation and 47.84% 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 12.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bright Turquoise (#08e8de), ΔE 1.82.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.5969

Complementary

  1. #12e2dc
  2. #e21218

Split complementary

  1. #12e2dc
  2. #e21280
  3. #e27412

Analogous

  1. #12e274
  2. #12e2dc
  3. #1280e2

Triadic

  1. #12e2dc
  2. #dc12e2
  3. #e2dc12

Tetradic

  1. #12e2dc
  2. #1218e2
  3. #e21218
  4. #e2dc12

Square

  1. #12e2dc
  2. #7412e2
  3. #e21218
  4. #80e212

Monochromatic

  1. #075452
  2. #0c9b97
  3. #12e2dc
  4. #4ff1ec
  5. #96f7f4

Shades

#12e2dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12e2dc
  2. #10cbc6
  3. #0eb5b0
  4. #0d9e9a
  5. #0b8884
  6. #09716e
  7. #075a58
  8. #054442
  9. #042d2c
  10. #021716
  11. #000000

Tints

#12e2dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12e2dc
  2. #2ae5e0
  3. #41e8e3
  4. #59ebe7
  5. #71eeea
  6. #89f1ee
  7. #a0f3f1
  8. #b8f6f5
  9. #d0f9f8
  10. #e7fcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12e2dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12e2dc
  2. #1dd8d3
  3. #28ceca
  4. #33c5c0
  5. #3ebbb7
  6. #49b1ae
  7. #54a7a5
  8. #5f9d9c
  9. #6a9492
  10. #758a89
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2d5d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3d6dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bac3dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e9e0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9dbdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95d0dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e6de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12e2dc {
  color: #12e2dc;
}
Background
.bg-12e2dc {
  background-color: #12e2dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12e2dc {
  border: 2px solid #12e2dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12e2dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 226 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 85% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12e2dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12e2dc, #1280e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12e2dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 226 220 / 0.35);
}

#08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 1.82 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 3.49 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.32 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.53 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 5.54 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 6.56 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 6.56 #ed1d23 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Bright Turquoise
#12e2dc  rgb(18, 226, 220)  hsl(178, 85%, 48%)  Bright Turquoise
#e21218  rgb(226, 18, 24)  hsl(358, 85%, 48%)  Lust
#dc12e2  rgb(220, 18, 226)  hsl(298, 85%, 48%)  Medium Orchid
#e2dc12  rgb(226, 220, 18)  hsl(58, 85%, 48%)  Titanium Yellow