Named color

Medium Turquoise

Medium Turquoise color #48D1CC: RGB 72, 209, 204 and HSL 178°, 60%, 55%. Explore its cool cyan profile, contrast, CSS, palettes and harmonies.

#48D1CC cyan cool balanced

HEX #48D1CC

RGB rgb(72, 209, 204)

HSL hsl(178 60% 55%)

CMYK cmyk(66, 0, 2, 18)

Luminance 0.5134

Contrast Black 11.27:1White 1.86:1

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CSS Utilities

--color-medium-turquoise: #48D1CC;
.bg-medium-turquoise { background-color: #48D1CC; }
.text-medium-turquoise { color: #48D1CC; }

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Color meaning and use

About Medium Turquoise Color

Medium Turquoise uses HEX #48D1CC, RGB 72, 209, 204, and HSL 178°, 60%, 55%. The dataset classifies it in the cyan family with cool temperature and balanced visual character.

No separate named-color neighbor is recorded for this entry. Its relative luminance is 0.5134; black contrast is 11.27:1 and white contrast is 1.86:1, making black the stronger of those two standard foreground choices.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Medium Turquoise against black and white text.

Black text11.27:1AA Pass

White text1.86:1AA Fail

AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F

AAA text options#000000, #1A1A1A

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Medium Turquoise Color Reference Infographic

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Color Harmonies

#D1474C#D1474C #47D188#47D188 #4791D1#4791D1 #CD47D1#CD47D1 #D1CD47#D1CD47

Open full Medium Turquoise harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#91E3E1#91E3E1 #269793#269793 #2EEAE4#2EEAE4 #61B8B5#61B8B5 #B5E3E1#B5E3E1 #42FFF9#42FFF9

Pairings

Black#000000 #D1474C#D1474C #47D188#47D188 #4791D1#4791D1 Matte Black#1A1A1A White Smoke#F5F5F5

Luminance0.5134

Black text11.27:1AA Pass

White text1.86:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{
  "hex": "#48D1CC",
  "rgb": [
    72,
    209,
    204
  ],
  "hsl": [
    178,
    60,
    55
  ],
  "cmyk": [
    66,
    0,
    2,
    18
  ],
  "luminance": 0.5134,
  "contrast": {
    "black": 11.27,
    "white": 1.86
  }
}

WCAG

{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#36454F"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A"
  ]
}

Harmonies

{
  "complementary": "#D1474C",
  "analogous": [
    "#47D188",
    "#4791D1"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#CD47D1",
    "#D1CD47"
  ],
  "tetradic": [
    "#8847D1",
    "#D1474C",
    "#91D147"
  ],
  "splitComplementary": [
    "#D14791",
    "#D18847"
  ],
  "monochromatic": [
    "#91E3E1",
    "#48D1CC",
    "#269793"
  ]
}

Variants

{
  "light": "#91E3E1",
  "dark": "#269793",
  "saturated": "#2EEAE4",
  "desaturated": "#61B8B5",
  "pastel": "#B5E3E1",
  "neon": "#42FFF9"
}

Pairings

{
  "best": [
    "#000000",
    "#D1474C",
    "#47D188",
    "#4791D1"
  ],
  "avoid": [
    "#61B8B5",
    "#91E3E1"
  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#000000"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#91E3E1",
    "#61B8B5"
  ]
}

Knowledge graph

{
  "nearestColors": [
    "turquoise",
    "aquamarine-blue",
    "verdigris",
    "medium-aquamarine",
    "glacier-blue"
  ],
  "generatedPalettes": [
    "medium-turquoise"
  ],
  "generatedComparisons": [
    "medium-aquamarine-vs-medium-turquoise",
    "medium-turquoise-vs-aquamarine-blue",
    "medium-turquoise-vs-turquoise"
  ],
  "relatedFamilies": [
    "/colors/by-family/cyan",
    "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
    "/colors/by-tone/balanced"
  ],
  "relatedTools": [
    "/harmonies/medium-turquoise",
    "/wcag/medium-turquoise",
    "/css/colors/medium-turquoise",
    "/hex/48d1cc",
    "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
    "/tools/color-palette-generator",
    "/tools/css-color-mixer",
    "/tools/contrast-checker"
  ],
  "semanticRelations": {
    "broader": [
      "/colors/by-family/cyan",
      "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
      "/colors/by-tone/balanced"
    ],
    "narrower": [
      "/palettes/medium-turquoise"
    ],
    "related": [
      "/colors/turquoise",
      "/colors/aquamarine-blue",
      "/colors/verdigris",
      "/colors/medium-aquamarine",
      "/colors/glacier-blue",
      "/compare/medium-aquamarine-vs-medium-turquoise",
      "/compare/medium-turquoise-vs-aquamarine-blue",
      "/compare/medium-turquoise-vs-turquoise",
      "/harmonies/medium-turquoise",
      "/wcag/medium-turquoise",
      "/css/colors/medium-turquoise",
      "/hex/48d1cc",
      "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
      "/tools/color-palette-generator",
      "/tools/css-color-mixer",
      "/tools/contrast-checker"
    ]
  }
}

Full JSON dataset

{
  "slug": "medium-turquoise",
  "name": "Medium Turquoise",
  "cssName": "mediumturquoise",
  "hex": "#48D1CC",
  "family": "cyan",
  "temperature": "cool",
  "tone": [
    "balanced"
  ],
  "uses": [
    "web design",
    "CSS color systems",
    "UI prototyping"
  ],
  "psychology": {
    "associations": [
      "context dependent"
    ],
    "contexts": [
      "web interfaces",
      "design systems",
      "technical color references"
    ],
    "avoidIn": [
      "claims that require brand or cultural specificity"
    ]
  },
  "aliases": [
    "mediumturquoise"
  ],
  "sourceType": "standard",
  "confidence": "high",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.w3.org/TR/css-color-4/#named-colors",
  "origin": {
    "type": "css",
    "notes": "Standard CSS named color."
  },
  "reviewStatus": "auto",
  "editorialNotes": "Generated from CSS named color data and computed color-system properties.",
  "tags": [
    "cyan",
    "cool",
    "balanced",
    "web-design",
    "css-color-systems",
    "ui-prototyping",
    "context-dependent"
  ],
  "popularity": 63,
  "rgb": [
    72,
    209,
    204
  ],
  "hsl": [
    178,
    60,
    55
  ],
  "cmyk": [
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    0,
    2,
    18
  ],
  "luminance": 0.5134,
  "contrast": {
    "black": 11.27,
    "white": 1.86
  },
  "harmonies": {
    "complementary": "#D1474C",
    "analogous": [
      "#47D188",
      "#4791D1"
    ],
    "triadic": [
      "#CD47D1",
      "#D1CD47"
    ],
    "tetradic": [
      "#8847D1",
      "#D1474C",
      "#91D147"
    ],
    "splitComplementary": [
      "#D14791",
      "#D18847"
    ],
    "monochromatic": [
      "#91E3E1",
      "#48D1CC",
      "#269793"
    ]
  },
  "variants": {
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    "dark": "#269793",
    "saturated": "#2EEAE4",
    "desaturated": "#61B8B5",
    "pastel": "#B5E3E1",
    "neon": "#42FFF9"
  },
  "wcag": {
    "AA": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "AAA": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  "css": {
    "variable": "--color-medium-turquoise: #48D1CC;",
    "utility": ".bg-medium-turquoise { background-color: #48D1CC; }",
    "textUtility": ".text-medium-turquoise { color: #48D1CC; }"
  },
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  ],
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  ],
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    "medium-turquoise-vs-aquamarine-blue",
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  ],
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  ],
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    "/tools/color-palette-generator",
    "/tools/css-color-mixer",
    "/tools/contrast-checker"
  ],
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    ]
  },
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      "#D1474C",
      "#47D188",
      "#4791D1"
    ],
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      "#91E3E1"
    ],
    "neutral": [
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#F5F5F5",
      "#E8E8E4"
    ],
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      "#000000"
    ],
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      "#91E3E1",
      "#61B8B5"
    ]
  }
}