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#91C2A5

Sage · light cool green

About #91C2A5

With the hex code #91C2A5, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 57% red, 76% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 24% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Sage — a ΔE of 13.0 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C291AE, a lilac shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.46:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red145
Green194
Blue165

Closest named colours

Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 13.0
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 14.5
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 17.9

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #91C2A5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on sage #91C2A5.
2.01:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on sage #91C2A5.
10.46:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #91C2A5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#91C2A5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1BAA4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B9B5A7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#88C1BA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #91C2A5?

With the hex code #91C2A5, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 57% red, 76% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 24% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #91C2A5?

Use black text. Black on #91C2A5 has a contrast ratio of 10.46:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #91C2A5?

Its complementary colour is #C291AE, and analogous partners are #96C291 and #91C2BD.