#12dcff

Color #12dcff

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 18.8 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#12dcff

RGB

rgb(18, 220, 255)

HSL

hsl(188.9, 100%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.9, 92.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(92.9%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(81.03, -31.79, -29.4)

LCH

lch(81.03, 43.3, 222.76)

OKLCH

oklch(82.4%, 0.1438, 214.92)

HWB

hwb(188.9, 7.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff3512

Analogous

#12ffac

#12dcff

#1265ff

Triadic

#12dcff

#ff12dc

#dcff12

Split-complementary

#12dcff

#ff1265

#ffac12

Tetradic

#12dcff

#3512ff

#ff3512

#dcff12

Square

#12dcff

#ac12ff

#ff3512

#65ff12

Shades

Color #12dcff mixed toward black.

#00c2e3

#009bb6

#007488

#004d5b

#00272d

Tints

Color #12dcff mixed toward white.

#39e2ff

#61e8ff

#88edff

#b0f3ff

#d7f9ff

Tones

Color #12dcff mixed toward gray.

#26ceeb

#39c0d7

#4db2c4

#61a4b0

#75969c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9899f7 · ΔE 31.6

Deuteranopia

#8e81f5 · ΔE 36.1

Tritanopia

#39f1ef · ΔE 12.5

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 23.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #12dcff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#12dcff]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#12dcff (#12dcff) is rgb(18, 220, 255) in RGB.

No, #12dcff is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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