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#12E5AE

#12e5ae ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#12e5ae is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 89.8% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.14% cyan, 0% magenta, 24.02% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 164.36°, with 85.43% saturation and 48.43% 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 12.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 5.95.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.5922

Complementary

  1. #12e5ae
  2. #e51249

Split complementary

  1. #12e5ae
  2. #e512b2
  3. #e54412

Analogous

  1. #12e544
  2. #12e5ae
  3. #12b2e5

Triadic

  1. #12e5ae
  2. #ae12e5
  3. #e5ae12

Tetradic

  1. #12e5ae
  2. #1249e5
  3. #e51249
  4. #e5ae12

Square

  1. #12e5ae
  2. #4412e5
  3. #e51249
  4. #b2e512

Monochromatic

  1. #075742
  2. #0c9e78
  3. #12e5ae
  4. #52f1c8
  5. #99f7de

Shades

#12e5ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12e5ae
  2. #10ce9d
  3. #0eb78b
  4. #0da07a
  5. #0b8968
  6. #097357
  7. #075c46
  8. #054534
  9. #042e23
  10. #021711
  11. #000000

Tints

#12e5ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12e5ae
  2. #2ae8b6
  3. #41eabe
  4. #59edc6
  5. #71efce
  6. #89f2d7
  7. #a0f5df
  8. #b8f7e7
  9. #d0faef
  10. #e7fcf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12e5ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12e5ae
  2. #1ddba9
  3. #28d1a5
  4. #33c7a0
  5. #3ebd9c
  6. #49b397
  7. #54a892
  8. #5f9e8e
  9. #6a9489
  10. #758a85
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1d5c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dfd4ab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8c3b2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e6d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2dbac ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0d2b0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e6c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12e5ae {
  color: #12e5ae;
}
Background
.bg-12e5ae {
  background-color: #12e5ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12e5ae {
  border: 2px solid #12e5ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12e5ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 229 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 85% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12e5ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12e5ae, #12b2e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12e5ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 229 174 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 5.95 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.63 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 7.97 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 8.20 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 10.38 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 10.47 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 10.52 #ed1a51 Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#12e5ae  rgb(18, 229, 174)  hsl(164, 85%, 48%)  Caribbean Green
#e51249  rgb(229, 18, 73)  hsl(344, 85%, 48%)  Amaranth
#ae12e5  rgb(174, 18, 229)  hsl(284, 85%, 48%)  Vivid Violet
#e5ae12  rgb(229, 174, 18)  hsl(44, 85%, 48%)  Goldenrod