The invention provides a heat transfer medium comprising a first component, a second component and a third component; the first component is one of 1, 1, 1, 2-tetrafluoroethane (R134a), 1, 1, 1, 2, 2-pentafluoroethane (R125), 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3-heptafluoropropane (R227ea) and trifluoroiodomethane (R13I1); the second component is one of 1, 1-difluoroethane (R152a), 2, 3, 3, 3-tetrafluoropropene (R1234yf) and trans 1, 3, 3, 3-tetrafluoropropene (R1234ze (E)); the third component is one of fluoroethane (R161), cyclopropane (RC270), dimethyl ether (RE170) and isobutane (R600a); the heat transfermedium has the environment-friendly characteristics of low GWP and zero ODP, obvious environmental protection advantages and good thermal performance, can replace R134a heat transfer medium to be applied to coolers, especially centrifugal coolers, and can be well matched with existing equipment without system redesigning.