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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
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.
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