#12A173#12A173

#12A173 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.131 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12A173
RGB	rgb(18, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(161, 80%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(161, 89%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.8%, 0%, 28.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -46.01, 14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 48.18, 162.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.1257 0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.131 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0869, 26.8541, 20.5518)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12A173 #A11240

analogous

#12A12B #12A173 #1288A1

triadic

#12A173 #7312A1 #A17312

tetradic

#12A173 #2B12A1 #A11240 #88A112

square

#12A173 #2B12A1 #A11240 #88A112

split-complementary

#12A173 #A11288 #A12B12

monochromatic

#063324 #0C6A4C #12A173 #18D89A #43EAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#12A173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#12A173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #12A173

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12A173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##12A173	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12a173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.131 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbe9b',
    500: '#12a173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12a173;
$custom-light: #6fbe9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12a173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.699,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62917,
    "c": 0.13092,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12A173

secondary

#CA4570

accent

#3171F6

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #12A173

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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