Medium turquoise

#48dcda

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for medium turquoise, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Medium turquoise lands where green meets blue, mid and strong. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Medium turquoise color values

Every conversion for #48dcda, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#48dcda

RGB72, 220, 218

HSL179, 68%, 57%

HSV179, 67%, 86%

CMYK67%, 0%, 1%, 14%

Lab80.53, -38.53, -10.43

XYZ40.92, 57.63, 75.3

Decimal4775130

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone319 C

Shades of medium turquoise

#26c9c7 #22b3b1 #1e9d9c #1a8786 #167170 #125c5b #0d4645 #09302f #051a19

Tints of medium turquoise

#6ae2e1 #7ae6e4 #8be9e8 #9ceceb #adefee #bef2f2 #cef6f5 #dff9f9 #f0fcfc

Colors that go with medium turquoise

Complementary#dc484a Analogous#48dc90 Analogous#4894dc Triadic#da48dc Triadic#dcda48 Split complementary#dc4894 Split complementary#dc9048

Medium turquoise in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 67, 0, 1, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #48dcda on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

67 0 1 14

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

66 4 5 20

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium turquoise in css

Copy #48dcda straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #48dcda; }
.text { color: #48dcda; }
.border { border: 2px solid #48dcda; }

How medium turquoise looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Medium turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #48dcda against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #48dcda against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #48dcda sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium turquoise? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #48dcda and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from medium turquoise, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #48dcda are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.