Colors

#48D1CC

Medium Turquoise

Medium Turquoise is #48D1CC. In CSS you can write it as the keyword mediumturquoise. The values below are the same sRGB color in HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV, a simple CMYK conversion, and OKLCH. CMYK here is a channel formula for reference, not a press proof.

Conversions

HEX
#48D1CC
RGB
rgb(72, 209, 204)
HSL
hsl(178,60%,55%)
HSV
hsv(178, 66%, 82%)
CMYK
cmyk(66,0,2,18)
OKLCH
oklch(78.7% 0.116 191.6)

Tints and shades

Tints mix this color toward white. Shades mix it toward black in sRGB. For a 50–950 ramp, open the tint and shade generator.

Tints

#6DDAD6

20% white

#91E3E0

40% white

#B6EDEB

60% white

#DAF6F5

80% white

Shades

#3AA7A3

20% black

#2B7D7A

40% black

#1D5452

60% black

#0E2A29

80% black

Harmony palettes

These schemes rotate hue from Medium Turquoise. Read the relationships in color theory 101 or adjust them on the color wheel.

Complementary

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#47D1CD

#D1474C

#92D3D0

#D39295

#478583

Analogous

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#47D188

#47D1CD

#4791D1

#474CD1

#56C752

Triadic

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#47D1CD

#CD47D1

#D1CD47

#D092D3

#A3A043

Split Complementary

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#47D1CD

#D14791

#D18847

#A8D6D5

#854749

Monochromatic

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#145250

#248F8B

#33CCC7

#70DBD8

#ADEBE9

Tetradic

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#47D1CD

#8847D1

#D1474C

#91D147

#A98ACC

Contrast against white and black

Ratios use the WCAG relative-luminance formula. AA normal text needs 4.5:1 and large text needs 3:1 under Success Criterion 1.4.3. AAA uses 7:1 and 4.5:1. A pass here is only this pair, not a full page audit. Check other pairings in the contrast checker.

On white · 1.86:1
AA normal text Fail
AA large text Fail
AAA normal text Fail
AAA large text Fail
On black · 11.27:1
AA normal text Pass
AA large text Pass
AAA normal text Pass
AAA large text Pass

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Nearest CSS named colors by RGB distance. Distance is not a perceptual match.

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