78 Types of Medium Color

John Spacey, January 17, 2020

Medium color is a category of colors that contain little white and black such that they are neither light nor dark. These are bright and resilient colors that appear colorful in a wide range of lighting conditions and against both light and dark backgrounds. Medium colors are commonly used in products, user interfaces, advertising and architecture for their colorfulness. The following are illustrative examples.

Medium Blue
#0000cd

Arcade Glow
#0022cc

Imperial Blue
#002395

Blinking Blue
#0033ff

Absolute Zero
#0048ba

Aotake
#006442

Cadmium Green
#006b3c

Capstan
#007eb0

Marine Teal
#008384

Fern Green
#008c45

Malibu Blue
#008cc1

Rainforest
#009a70

Aare River
#00b89f

Amazonite
#00c4b0

Electric Blue
#035096

Catalina Blue
#062a78

Cadmium Blue
#0a1195

India Green
#138808

Animation
#1d5c83

Aloha
#1db394

Camarone
#206937

Blue Beetle
#220099

Celadon Green
#2f847c

Pluto
#34acb1

Cherry Pie
#372d52

Jadeite
#38c6a1

Ceramic Green
#3bb773

Medium Green
#3c824e

Medium Sea Green
#3cb371

American Purple
#431c53

Chlorophyll
#44891a

Americano
#463732

Medium Turquoise
#48d1cc

Glen
#4aac72

Indigo Pigment
#4d0082

Medium Grey Green
#4d6b53

American Violet
#551b8c

Medium Aquamarine
#66ddaa

Medium Taupe
#674c47

Khaki Green
#728639

Mantis
#74c365

Pico Eggplant
#7e2553

Medium Brown
#7f5112

Cherry Cola
#894c3b

Acai
#942193

Blood Red
#980002

Ketchup
#9a382d

Medium Purple
#9e43a2

Cacodemon
#9f0000

Cerise
#a41247

Medium Wood
#a68064

Medium Ruby
#aa4069

Amore
#ae2f48

Medium Carmine
#af4035

Goji Berry
#b91228

Medium Orchid
#ba55d3

Volcano
#bb1133

Akai
#bc012e

Adobe
#bd6c48

Lannister
#cd0101

Fireball
#ce2029

Play School
#ce5924

Candy Apple Red
#e2062c

Opal Flame
#e95c4b

Imperial Red
#ec2938

Allura
#ed2e38

Kimchi
#ed4b00

Exuberant Orange
#f0622f

Goldfish
#f34723

Medium Pink
#f36196

Lager
#f6f513

Orange Soda
#fa5b3d

Medium Scarlet
#fc2847

Algerian Coral
#fc5a50

Orange Red
#fe4401

Cavendish
#fed200

Aerospace Orange
#ff4f00

Canary Yellow
#ffdf01

Notes

Inherently light colors such as yellow may appear to be medium when shaded with black as this can actually make these colors more colorful. Generally speaking, medium colors are more likely to contain a little black than white.

Overview: Medium Colors
Type	Colors
Definition (1)	A category of colors that aren't heavily tinted with white or shaded with black.
Definition (2)	Colors that appear colorful against both a white and black background.
Definition (3)	Colors that are perceived as neither light nor dark.
Related Concepts	Colors »