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#12E8AE

#12e8ae ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#12e8ae 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 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.24% cyan, 0% magenta, 25% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 163.74°, 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 13.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 6.63.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#00ff99
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Relative luminance0.609

Complementary

  1. #12e8ae
  2. #e8124c

Split complementary

  1. #12e8ae
  2. #e812b7
  3. #e84312

Analogous

  1. #12e843
  2. #12e8ae
  3. #12b7e8

Triadic

  1. #12e8ae
  2. #ae12e8
  3. #e8ae12

Tetradic

  1. #12e8ae
  2. #124ce8
  3. #e8124c
  4. #e8ae12

Square

  1. #12e8ae
  2. #4312e8
  3. #e8124c
  4. #b7e812

Monochromatic

  1. #075a44
  2. #0ca179
  3. #12e8ae
  4. #55f2c7
  5. #9cf7de

Shades

#12e8ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12e8ae
  2. #10d19d
  3. #0eba8b
  4. #0da27a
  5. #0b8b68
  6. #097457
  7. #075d46
  8. #054634
  9. #042e23
  10. #021711
  11. #000000

Tints

#12e8ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12e8ae
  2. #2aeab6
  3. #41edbe
  4. #59efc6
  5. #71f1ce
  6. #89f4d7
  7. #a0f6df
  8. #b8f8e7
  9. #d0faef
  10. #e7fdf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12e8ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12e8ae
  2. #1ddea9
  3. #28d3a5
  4. #33c9a0
  5. #3ebe9c
  6. #49b497
  7. #54aa92
  8. #5f9f8e
  9. #6a9589
  10. #758a85
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3d8c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e2d7ab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbc6b2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e9d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5deac ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2d4b0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e8c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12e8ae {
  color: #12e8ae;
}
Background
.bg-12e8ae {
  background-color: #12e8ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12e8ae {
  border: 2px solid #12e8ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12e8ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 232 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 86% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12e8ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12e8ae, #12b7e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12e8ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 232 174 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 6.63 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 7.39 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 7.71 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.32 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 10.48 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 10.66 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 11.09 #ed1751 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#12e8ae  rgb(18, 232, 174)  hsl(164, 86%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#e8124c  rgb(232, 18, 76)  hsl(344, 86%, 49%)  Amaranth
#ae12e8  rgb(174, 18, 232)  hsl(284, 86%, 49%)  Vivid Violet
#e8ae12  rgb(232, 174, 18)  hsl(44, 86%, 49%)  Goldenrod