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#91C39B

Sage · light cool green

About #91C39B

With the hex code #91C39B, this is a light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 57% red, 76% green and 61% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 24% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Sage — a ΔE of 12.3 — followed by Matcha. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C391B9, 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 — 10.48:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red145
Green195
Blue155

Closest named colours

Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 12.3
Matcha
#A9B97F · ΔE 15.8
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 16.0

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

Text on #91C39B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on sage #91C39B.
2.00:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on sage #91C39B.
10.48:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #91C39B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#91C39B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4BB99
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BBB59D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8AC1B8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #91C39B?

With the hex code #91C39B, this is a light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 57% red, 76% green and 61% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 24% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #91C39B?

Use black text. Black on #91C39B has a contrast ratio of 10.48:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #91C39B?

Its complementary colour is #C391B9, and analogous partners are #A0C391 and #91C3B4.