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Named color

Medium Turquoise

Medium Turquoise is a balanced cyan color with HEX #48D1CC. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 72, 209, 204, HSL 178, 60%, 55%, cool temperature, and is useful for web design, CSS color systems, and UI prototyping.

#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

CSS Utilities

--color-medium-turquoise: #48D1CC;
.bg-medium-turquoise { background-color: #48D1CC; }
.text-medium-turquoise { color: #48D1CC; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
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
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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  }
}
WCAG
{
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    "#36454F"
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Harmonies
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    "#D1CD47"
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    "#91D147"
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    "#91E3E1",
    "#48D1CC",
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  ]
}
Variants
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  "saturated": "#2EEAE4",
  "desaturated": "#61B8B5",
  "pastel": "#B5E3E1",
  "neon": "#42FFF9"
}
Pairings
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}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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Color meaning and use

About Medium Turquoise Color

Medium Turquoise sits in the cyan family with cool temperature and balanced visual character. Standard CSS named color.

Its common associations include context dependent, which makes it relevant for web interfaces and design systems. In design work, Medium Turquoise is most useful for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Cyan color familyBrowse named cyan colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Balanced colorsFind colors with balanced visual character.Medium Turquoise accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #48D1CC.Medium Turquoise CSS utilitiesUse Medium Turquoise in CSS variables and utility classes.#48D1CC HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Medium Turquoise paletteOpen the generated palette based on Medium Turquoise.Medium Turquoise harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

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
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Turquoise#40E0D0
Aquamarine Blue#6BCAE2
Verdigris#43B3AE
Medium Aquamarine#66CDAA
Glacier Blue#78B9D2

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