#12B481#12B481

#12B481 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.143 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12B481
RGB	rgb(18, 180, 129)
HSL	hsl(161, 82%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(161, 90%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(90%, 0%, 28.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -50.18, 15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 52.52, 162.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.1371 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.143 164)
XYZ	xyz(20.5307, 34.3534, 26.3134)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12B481 #B41245

analogous

#12B430 #12B481 #1296B4

triadic

#12B481 #8112B4 #B48112

tetradic

#12B481 #3012B4 #B41245 #96B412

square

#12B481 #3012B4 #B41245 #96B412

split-complementary

#12B481 #B41296 #B43012

monochromatic

#074531 #0C7C59 #12B481 #1BE8A8 #53EEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#12B481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#12B481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #12B481

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12B481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##12B481	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A67E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12b481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 180, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.143 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cba5',
    500: '#12b481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12b481;
$custom-light: #74cba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12b481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.111,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68293,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.34356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12B481

secondary

#D0527A

accent

#306FF8

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #12B481

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

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