Medium Turquoise (#48D1CC)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text
This is how text may look on this color.
Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 1.86:1 — vs black: 11.27:1

Color values

  • HEX #48D1CC
  • RGB rgb(72, 209, 204)
  • HSL hsl(177, 65%, 81%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 65.55, 0, 2.39, 18.04 )
  • Websafe #33CCCC

Tags

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #48D1CC based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Medium Turquoise
#48D1CC Base
#D1484D
Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Medium Turquoise
#48D1CC Base
#48D187
#4891D1
Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Medium Turquoise
#48D1CC Base
#CC48D1
#D1CC48
Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Medium Turquoise
#48D1CC Base
#D14891
#D18748
Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Medium Turquoise
#48D1CC Base
#8748D1
#D1484D
#91D148
Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Medium Turquoise
#48D1CC Base
#1A6663
#29A39F
#30C0BB
#69D9D5
#85E0DD
#C2F0EE
Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Medium Turquoise, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

#051414
#0F3D3C
#1A6663
#248F8B
#2EB8B3
Medium Turquoise #48D1CC Base
#69D9D5
#89E1DE
#AAEAE7
#CAF2F0
#EBFAF9
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #48D1CC. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #48D1CC;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #48D1CC;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #48D1CC;
}
CSS Gradient
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #48D1CC,
        #EFB3B5
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #48D1CC,
        #EFB3B5
    );
}
SCSS Variable
// SCSS variable
$medium-turquoise: #48D1CC;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$medium-turquoise-r: 72;
$medium-turquoise-g: 209;
$medium-turquoise-b: 204;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $medium-turquoise;
    color: rgba($medium-turquoise-r, $medium-turquoise-g, $medium-turquoise-b, 0.8);
}
Color Blindness Simulation

How Medium Turquoise appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #48D1CC How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #B7B7CE Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.
Protanopia #C8C8CC Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #4AD0D0 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #BEBEBE Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.
Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Medium Turquoise ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Medium Turquoise #48D1CC Base
Robin's Egg Blue #1FCECB ΔE 1.86
Robin Egg Blue #00CCCC ΔE 2.79
Turquoise #30D5C8 ΔE 3.15
Dark Turquoise #00CED1 ΔE 3.22

How to use this color

  1. Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
  2. Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
  3. Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.