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#91C2BD

Powder Blue · light cool teal

About #91C2BD

With the hex code #91C2BD, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 57% red, 76% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 24% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 12.7 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C29196, a dusty rose shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.66:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red145
Green194
Blue189

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 12.7
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 13.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 16.4

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

Text on #91C2BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #91C2BD.
1.97:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #91C2BD.
10.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #91C2BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#91C2BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BDBDBD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B3B6BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#82C4C0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #91C2BD?

With the hex code #91C2BD, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 57% red, 76% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 24% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #91C2BD?

Use black text. Black on #91C2BD has a contrast ratio of 10.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #91C2BD?

Its complementary colour is #C29196, and analogous partners are #91C2A5 and #91AEC2.