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#12EAC3

#12eac3 ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#12eac3 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 91.76% green and 76.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.31% cyan, 0% magenta, 16.67% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 169.17°, with 85.71% saturation and 49.41% 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 13.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 6.77.

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Relative luminance0.6291

Complementary

  1. #12eac3
  2. #ea1239

Split complementary

  1. #12eac3
  2. #ea12a5
  3. #ea5712

Analogous

  1. #12ea57
  2. #12eac3
  3. #12a5ea

Triadic

  1. #12eac3
  2. #c312ea
  3. #eac312

Tetradic

  1. #12eac3
  2. #1239ea
  3. #ea1239
  4. #eac312

Square

  1. #12eac3
  2. #5712ea
  3. #ea1239
  4. #a5ea12

Monochromatic

  1. #075c4d
  2. #0da388
  3. #12eac3
  4. #56f2d6
  5. #9df7e7

Shades

#12eac3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12eac3
  2. #10d3b0
  3. #0ebb9c
  4. #0da489
  5. #0b8c75
  6. #097562
  7. #075e4e
  8. #05463b
  9. #042f27
  10. #021714
  11. #000000

Tints

#12eac3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12eac3
  2. #2aecc9
  3. #41eecf
  4. #59f0d5
  5. #71f2db
  6. #89f5e1
  7. #a0f7e7
  8. #b8f9ed
  9. #d0fbf3
  10. #e7fdf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12eac3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12eac3
  2. #1ddfbc
  3. #28d5b6
  4. #33caaf
  5. #3ec0a8
  6. #49b5a2
  7. #54aa9b
  8. #5fa094
  9. #6a958d
  10. #758b87
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6dbcb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e1dac1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9c9c6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00eddf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4e1c2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1d7c5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ecd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12eac3 {
  color: #12eac3;
}
Background
.bg-12eac3 {
  background-color: #12eac3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12eac3 {
  border: 2px solid #12eac3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12eac3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 234 195;
  --color-primary-hsl: 169 86% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12eac3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12eac3, #12a5ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12eac3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 234 195 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.77 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 6.81 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.99 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 8.23 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 8.39 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 8.50 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 10.49 #ed153c Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#12eac3  rgb(18, 234, 195)  hsl(169, 86%, 49%)  Turquoise
#ea1239  rgb(234, 18, 57)  hsl(349, 86%, 49%)  Crimson
#c312ea  rgb(195, 18, 234)  hsl(289, 86%, 49%)  Electric Purple
#eac312  rgb(234, 195, 18)  hsl(49, 86%, 49%)  Jonquil