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#12E8A0

#12e8a0 ≈ Medium Spring Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#12e8a0 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 90.98% green and 62.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.24% cyan, 0% magenta, 31.03% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 159.81°, with 85.6% saturation and 49.02% 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 13.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Spring Green (#00fa9a), ΔE 5.14.

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Web safe#00ff99
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Relative luminance0.6038

Complementary

  1. #12e8a0
  2. #e8125a

Split complementary

  1. #12e8a0
  2. #e812c5
  3. #e83512

Analogous

  1. #12e835
  2. #12e8a0
  3. #12c5e8

Triadic

  1. #12e8a0
  2. #a012e8
  3. #e8a012

Tetradic

  1. #12e8a0
  2. #125ae8
  3. #e8125a
  4. #e8a012

Square

  1. #12e8a0
  2. #3512e8
  3. #e8125a
  4. #c5e812

Monochromatic

  1. #075a3e
  2. #0ca16f
  3. #12e8a0
  4. #55f2bd
  5. #9cf7d8

Shades

#12e8a0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12e8a0
  2. #10d190
  3. #0eba80
  4. #0da270
  5. #0b8b60
  6. #097450
  7. #075d40
  8. #054630
  9. #042e20
  10. #021710
  11. #000000

Tints

#12e8a0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12e8a0
  2. #2aeaaa
  3. #41edb3
  4. #59efbd
  5. #71f1c6
  6. #89f4d0
  7. #a0f6d9
  8. #b8f8e3
  9. #d0faec
  10. #e7fdf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12e8a0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12e8a0
  2. #1dde9d
  3. #28d39a
  4. #33c996
  5. #3ebe93
  6. #49b490
  7. #54aa8d
  8. #5f9f8a
  9. #6a9586
  10. #758a83
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3d8bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4d69c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cec5a5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e7d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6dd9d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4d4a3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e8c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12e8a0 {
  color: #12e8a0;
}
Background
.bg-12e8a0 {
  background-color: #12e8a0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12e8a0 {
  border: 2px solid #12e8a0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12e8a0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 232 160;
  --color-primary-hsl: 160 86% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12e8a0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12e8a0, #12c5e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12e8a0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 232 160 / 0.35);
}

#00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 5.14 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.38 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 8.86 #00ff7f Spring Green ΔE 9.17 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 9.29 #77dd77 Pastel Green ΔE 9.66 #90ee90 Light Green ΔE 9.74 #ed175f Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Medium Spring Green
#12e8a0  rgb(18, 232, 160)  hsl(160, 86%, 49%)  Medium Spring Green
#e8125a  rgb(232, 18, 90)  hsl(340, 86%, 49%)  Raspberry
#a012e8  rgb(160, 18, 232)  hsl(280, 86%, 49%)  Vivid Violet
#e8a012  rgb(232, 160, 18)  hsl(40, 86%, 49%)  Marigold