#12bac6

Color #12bac6

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 9.66 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#12bac6

RGB

rgb(18, 186, 198)

HSL

hsl(184, 83.3%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184, 90.9%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(90.9%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(68.98, -33.62, -17.02)

LCH

lch(68.98, 37.68, 206.85)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.1204, 203.18)

HWB

hwb(184, 7.1%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c61e12

Analogous

#12c678

#12bac6

#1260c6

Triadic

#12bac6

#c612ba

#bac612

Split-complementary

#12bac6

#c61260

#c67812

Tetradic

#12bac6

#1e12c6

#c61e12

#bac612

Square

#12bac6

#7812c6

#c61e12

#60c612

Shades

Color #12bac6 mixed toward black.

#0f9ba5

#0c7c84

#095d63

#063e42

#031f21

Tints

Color #12bac6 mixed toward white.

#1fddeb

#4ce4ef

#78ebf3

#a5f1f7

#d2f8fb

Tones

Color #12bac6 mixed toward gray.

#21adb7

#30a0a8

#3f9399

#4e868a

#5d797b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8081c3 · ΔE 31.6

Deuteranopia

#786dc3 · ΔE 36.5

Tritanopia

#31c1c0 · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #12bac6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#12bac6]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#12bac6 (#12bac6) is rgb(18, 186, 198) in RGB.

No, #12bac6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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