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#12E8EA

#12e8ea ≈ Bright Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#12e8ea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 90.98% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.31% cyan, 0.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 180.56°, with 85.71% saturation and 49.41% 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 13.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bright Turquoise (#08e8de), ΔE 3.93.

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Web safe#00ffff
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Relative luminance0.6378

Complementary

  1. #12e8ea
  2. #ea1412

Split complementary

  1. #12e8ea
  2. #ea127c
  3. #ea8012

Analogous

  1. #12ea80
  2. #12e8ea
  3. #127cea

Triadic

  1. #12e8ea
  2. #ea12e8
  3. #e8ea12

Tetradic

  1. #12e8ea
  2. #1412ea
  3. #ea1412
  4. #e8ea12

Square

  1. #12e8ea
  2. #8012ea
  3. #ea1412
  4. #7cea12

Monochromatic

  1. #075b5c
  2. #0da2a3
  3. #12e8ea
  4. #56f1f2
  5. #9df7f7

Shades

#12e8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12e8ea
  2. #10d1d3
  3. #0ebabb
  4. #0da2a4
  5. #0b8b8c
  6. #097475
  7. #075d5e
  8. #054646
  9. #042e2f
  10. #021717
  11. #000000

Tints

#12e8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12e8ea
  2. #2aeaec
  3. #41edee
  4. #59eff0
  5. #71f1f2
  6. #89f4f5
  7. #a0f6f7
  8. #b8f8f9
  9. #d0fafb
  10. #e7fdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12e8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12e8ea
  2. #1ddedf
  3. #28d3d5
  4. #33c9ca
  5. #3ebec0
  6. #49b4b5
  7. #54aaaa
  8. #5f9fa0
  9. #6a9595
  10. #758a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7dbdb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7dcea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdc9eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f0e8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ace1ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97d6eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ede9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12e8ea {
  color: #12e8ea;
}
Background
.bg-12e8ea {
  background-color: #12e8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12e8ea {
  border: 2px solid #12e8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12e8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 232 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 181 86% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12e8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12e8ea, #127cea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12e8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 232 234 / 0.35);
}

#08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.93 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 4.89 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 4.89 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.96 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.09 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.27 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.34 #ed1715 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Bright Turquoise
#12e8ea  rgb(18, 232, 234)  hsl(181, 86%, 49%)  Bright Turquoise
#ea1412  rgb(234, 20, 18)  hsl(1, 86%, 49%)  Lust
#ea12e8  rgb(234, 18, 232)  hsl(301, 86%, 49%)  Fuchsia
#e8ea12  rgb(232, 234, 18)  hsl(61, 86%, 49%)  Titanium Yellow