CYAN

Medium Turquoise

#48D1CC

Conversions

HEX#48D1CC

RGBrgb(72, 209, 204)

HSLhsl(178, 60%, 55%)

HSVhsv(178, 66%, 82%)

CMYKcmyk(66%, 0%, 2%, 18%)

Copy CSS

color: #48d1cc;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(72, 209, 204);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(178, 60%, 55%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 1.86 : 1

On ink blackPass · 10.27 : 1

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About Medium Turquoise

Medium Turquoise is the hex color #48D1CC, which translates to rgb(72, 209, 204) in RGB and hsl(178, 60%, 55%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 178 degrees, with a saturation of 60 percent and a lightness of 55 percent. That combination puts Medium Turquoise in the workable middle of the cyan family, neither pastel nor fully saturated.

How Medium Turquoise compares

Medium Turquoise is exactly the CSS keyword mediumturquoise, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is teal-500 (#00BBA7), at a distance of 13.1. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Dark Turquoise at 6.0. Sorted by lightness, Medium Turquoise is number 13 of the 18 cyan colors here.

Text on Medium Turquoise

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Medium Turquoise, led by Ink black at 10.27:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Medium Turquoise already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Medium Turquoise. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	1.86:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	10.27:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Mid grey #6B7280	2.59:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	5.53:1	Pass	Pass	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	1.51:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

Building a palette around Medium Turquoise

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Medium Turquoise for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Medium Turquoise

Format	Value
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(78.68% 0.1162 191.56)
CIELAB	lab(76.88 -37.36 -8.35)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.