Information about #12738E color

#12738E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#12738E falls into the Cyan Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(18, 115, 142) — 7.1% red, 45.1% green, 55.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 49 / 11 / 0 / 44. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #12738E reads as a strongly colored aqua cyan and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Metallic Seaweed (#0A7E8C). Slightly further away sit Dauntless (#166F7F) and Duck Blue (#007791).

The recipe behind #12738E is rgb(18, 115, 142), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 5.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #12738E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#12738E color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#12738E color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#12738E color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#12738E color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#12738E color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#118C76

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#118C44

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#12738E color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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#8D6A11
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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#118D6A
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
#12738E
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#8D1172
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#728D11
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#2C118D
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#8D2C11
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#728D11
#728D11

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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#6A118D
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#8D2C11
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#348D11
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Nearest named colors to #12738E

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Metallic Seaweed color link
Metallic Seaweed

#0A7E8C

Dauntless color link
Dauntless

#166F7F

Duck Blue color link
Duck Blue

#007791

Deep Aqua color link
Deep Aqua

#08787F

Ocean color link
Ocean

#017B92

Geaux Blue color link
Geaux Blue

#1277A3

Sea Blue color link
Sea Blue

#006994

Yeehaa color link
Yeehaa

#006C98

Blue Sapphire color link
Blue Sapphire

#126180

Dark Cyan color link
Dark Cyan

#0A888A

Tripster Blue color link
Tripster Blue

#2070A0

Light Blue Flower color link
Light Blue Flower

#1D697C

#12738E color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#12738E
  • RGB18, 115, 142
  • CMYK49, 11, 0, 44
  • CSSrgb(18, 115, 142)
  • HSL193°, 78%, 31%
  • HSL Precise193.065°, 77.5%, 31.373%
  • HSV193°, 87%, 56%
  • HSB193°, 87%, 56%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.071
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.451
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.557
  • GLSLvec3(0.071, 0.451, 0.557)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.071, 0.451, 0.557, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.071, 0.451, 0.557)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB7.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB45.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB55.7%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID12738E
  • DECIMAL ID1209230
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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