#12E2DC#12E2DC

#12E2DC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.140 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12E2DC
RGB	rgb(18, 226, 220)
HSL	hsl(178, 85%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 92%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(92%, 0%, 2.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -45.16, -9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 46.23, 192.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.1375 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.14 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3578, 59.6832, 77.0892)
Luminance	0.5969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12E2DC #E21218

analogous

#12E274 #12E2DC #1280E2

triadic

#12E2DC #DC12E2 #E2DC12

tetradic

#12E2DC #7412E2 #E21218 #80E212

square

#12E2DC #7412E2 #E21218 #80E212

split-complementary

#12E2DC #E21280 #E27412

monochromatic

#09716E #0DA9A5 #12E2DC #41F0EB #7AF4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#12E2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#12E2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #12E2DC

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12E2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##12E2DC	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12e2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 226, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.140 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ece6',
    500: '#12e2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12e2dc;
$custom-light: #83ece6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12e2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.269,
    "s": 85.246,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82519,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12E2DC

secondary

#7A1F21

accent

#2C32FB

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F4FEFC

border

#CED6D5

text

#0D1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #12E2DC

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

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