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#12E9BF

#12e9bf ≈ Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#12e9bf is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 91.37% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.27% cyan, 0% magenta, 18.03% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 168.28°, with 85.66% saturation and 49.22% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 13.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aquamarine (#7fffd4), ΔE 6.86.

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Web safe#00ffcc
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Relative luminance0.6217

Complementary

  1. #12e9bf
  2. #e9123c

Split complementary

  1. #12e9bf
  2. #e912a8
  3. #e95412

Analogous

  1. #12e954
  2. #12e9bf
  3. #12a8e9

Triadic

  1. #12e9bf
  2. #bf12e9
  3. #e9bf12

Tetradic

  1. #12e9bf
  2. #123ce9
  3. #e9123c
  4. #e9bf12

Square

  1. #12e9bf
  2. #5412e9
  3. #e9123c
  4. #a8e912

Monochromatic

  1. #075b4b
  2. #0da285
  3. #12e9bf
  4. #56f2d3
  5. #9df7e6

Shades

#12e9bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12e9bf
  2. #10d2ac
  3. #0eba99
  4. #0da386
  5. #0b8c73
  6. #097560
  7. #075d4c
  8. #054639
  9. #042f26
  10. #021713
  11. #000000

Tints

#12e9bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12e9bf
  2. #2aebc5
  3. #41edcc
  4. #59f0d2
  5. #71f2d9
  6. #89f4df
  7. #a0f6e5
  8. #b8f8ec
  9. #d0fbf2
  10. #e7fdf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12e9bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12e9bf
  2. #1ddfb9
  3. #28d4b2
  4. #33caac
  5. #3ebfa6
  6. #49b5a0
  7. #54aa99
  8. #5fa093
  9. #6a958d
  10. #758b86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5dac9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e1d9bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9c8c2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ecdd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3e0be ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0d6c1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ebd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12e9bf {
  color: #12e9bf;
}
Background
.bg-12e9bf {
  background-color: #12e9bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12e9bf {
  border: 2px solid #12e9bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12e9bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 233 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 168 86% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12e9bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12e9bf, #12a8e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12e9bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 233 191 / 0.35);
}

#7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 6.86 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.46 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.65 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.75 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 9.21 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 9.31 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 10.38 #ed1640 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Aquamarine
#12e9bf  rgb(18, 233, 191)  hsl(168, 86%, 49%)  Aquamarine
#e9123c  rgb(233, 18, 60)  hsl(348, 86%, 49%)  Crimson
#bf12e9  rgb(191, 18, 233)  hsl(288, 86%, 49%)  Electric Purple
#e9bf12  rgb(233, 191, 18)  hsl(48, 86%, 49%)  Saffron