HEX atlas value

#48D1CC

#48D1CC is a cool cyan HEX color close to Medium Turquoise. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 72, 209, 204, HSL 178, 60%, 55%, has luminance 0.5134, and belongs to the balanced group.

cyan cool balanced

#48D1CC Sample readable text

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

--color-48d1cc: #48D1CC;
.background-48d1cc { background-color: #48D1CC; }
.text-48d1cc { color: #48D1CC; }

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"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":11.27,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.86,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#91E3E1","hex":"#91E3E1","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.28,"contrastWhite":1.47,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#2EEAE4","hex":"#2EEAE4","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.01,"contrastWhite":1.5,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Turquoise","hex":"#40E0D0","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.79,"contrastWhite":1.64,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Aquamarine Blue","hex":"#6BCAE2","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.17,"contrastWhite":1.88,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Medium Aquamarine","hex":"#66CDAA","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.88,"contrastWhite":1.93,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool cyan","balanced","balanced cyan","Medium Turquoise adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/48d1cc.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/medium-turquoise.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/turquoise.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/aquamarine-blue.json"]}

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"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"medium-turquoise","name":"Medium Turquoise","hex":"#48D1CC","distance":0},{"slug":"turquoise","name":"Turquoise","hex":"#40E0D0","distance":17.46424919657298},{"slug":"aquamarine-blue","name":"Aquamarine Blue","hex":"#6BCAE2","distance":41.92851058647326},{"slug":"verdigris","name":"Verdigris","hex":"#43B3AE","distance":42.720018726587654},{"slug":"medium-aquamarine","name":"Medium Aquamarine","hex":"#66CDAA","distance":45.51922670696417}]

HEX meaning and use

About #48D1CC

#48D1CC is classified as a cool cyan value with balanced visual character. #48D1CC is visually closest to Medium Turquoise, a named cyan color with HEX #48D1CC.

The RGB channels are 72, 209, and 204, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 178deg with 60% saturation and 55% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.5134, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text11.27:1AA Pass

White text1.86:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #48D1CC needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000011.27:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.86:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#91E3E1#000000 text · best 14.28:1#91E3E1

#2EEAE4#000000 text · best 14.01:1#2EEAE4

Turquoise#000000 text · best 12.79:1#40E0D0

Aquamarine Blue#000000 text · best 11.17:1#6BCAE2

Medium Aquamarine#000000 text · best 10.88:1#66CDAA

Generated Palette

Medium Turquoise#48D1CC

#D1474C#D1474C

#47D188#47D188

#4791D1#4791D1

#91E3E1#91E3E1

#269793#269793

Color Harmonies

#D1474C#D1474C

#47D188#47D188

#4791D1#4791D1

#CD47D1#CD47D1

#D1CD47#D1CD47

Variants

#91E3E1#91E3E1

#269793#269793

#2EEAE4#2EEAE4

#61B8B5#61B8B5

#B5E3E1#B5E3E1

#42FFF9#42FFF9

Nearest Named Colors

Medium Turquoise#48D1CC

Turquoise#40E0D0

Aquamarine Blue#6BCAE2

Verdigris#43B3AE

Medium Aquamarine#66CDAA

#48D1CC

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #48D1CC

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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