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#91C8A5

Seafoam · light cool green

About #91C8A5

With the hex code #91C8A5, this is a light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 57% red, 78% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 28% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Seafoam — a ΔE of 14.3 — followed by Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C891B4, 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 — 11.01:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red145
Green200
Blue165

Closest named colours

Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 14.3
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 14.6
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 16.9

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

Text on #91C8A5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #91C8A5.
1.91:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #91C8A5.
11.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #91C8A5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#91C8A5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C7BFA3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BEB9A7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#87C7BE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #91C8A5?

With the hex code #91C8A5, this is a light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 57% red, 78% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 28% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #91C8A5?

Use black text. Black on #91C8A5 has a contrast ratio of 11.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #91C8A5?

Its complementary colour is #C891B4, and analogous partners are #99C891 and #91C8C0.