Medium Turquoise color (#48D1CC)
Medium Turquoise is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword mediumturquoise
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #48D1CC, which is rgb(72, 209, 204) in RGB.
It is a light, moderately saturated cool color with a hue angle of 178° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 79% in OKLCH. On a medium turquoise background, black text gives the higher contrast at 11.26:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Medium Turquoise color codes
| CSS name | mediumturquoise |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #48D1CC |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #48D1CCFF |
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| RGB | rgb(72, 209, 204) |
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| HSL | hsl(178, 60%, 55%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(178, 66%, 82%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(78.7% 0.1162 191.6) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 2.4%, 18%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for medium turquoise used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of medium turquoise
Tints mix medium turquoise with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
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Colors that go with medium turquoise
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
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Medium Turquoise with color blindness
Approximately how medium turquoise appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using medium turquoise in CSS
.element {
color: mediumturquoise;
background-color: #48d1cc;
border-color: rgb(72 209 204 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(78.7% 0.1162 191.6);
}Similar named colors
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