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#91f2ce

a light, electric green · cool · closest name: Aqua Marine

RGB
145, 242, 206
HSL
158°, 79%, 76%
CMYK
40, 0, 15, 5
Luminance
0.7398

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #91f2ce is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#91f2ce
Hue
158°
green
Saturation
79%
electric
Lightness
76%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
84%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7398
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
78/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
15.80:1
Closest name
Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 3.7
Where it sits
Hue158° of 360°
Saturation79%
Lightness76%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool78% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Every format

HEX#91f2ce
RGBrgb(145, 242, 206)
HSLhsl(158, 79%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(40%, 0%, 15%, 5%)
LABlab(88.9 -36.6 8.4)
LCHlch(88.9 37.6 167.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.891 0.106 168.2)
Decimal9564878
Display P3color(display-p3 0.569 0.949 0.808)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #91f2ce;
background-color: #91f2ce;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#91f2ce] bg-[#91f2ce]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #91f2ce;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.569, green: 0.949, blue: 0.808)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#91f2ce")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF91F2CE)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(206, 242, 145)

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #91f2ce · 15.80:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 1.33:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.80:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #91f2ce as text scores 1.33:1 on white and 15.80:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#91f2ce on white: 1.33:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#91f2ce on black: 15.80:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #EEE6CC
deuteranopia · #DEDBD0
tritanopia · #75F3E7

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #91f2ce is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F3FCF9
#E6F9F2
#C7F5E4
#91f2ce
#68EDBC
#36E7A6
#1ADB93
#16B67B
#119262
#116A49
#0A422D
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F3FCF9Darkest = 950 · #0A422D
:root {
  --brand-50: #F3FCF9;
  --brand-100: #E6F9F2;
  --brand-200: #C7F5E4;
  --brand-300: #91f2ce;
  --brand-400: #68EDBC;
  --brand-500: #36E7A6;
  --brand-600: #1ADB93;
  --brand-700: #16B67B;
  --brand-800: #119262;
  --brand-900: #116A49;
  --brand-950: #0A422D;
  --brand: #91f2ce;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
}

Colors that work with #91f2ce

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF8
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDDC
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B7D
Captions on the surface
Accent#BA127B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#0D724D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E8FCF5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241E
Dark-mode background
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

How to use #91f2ce

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#F291B5
Analogous left#91F29E
Analogous right#91E6F2
Split-complement 1#F291E6
Split-complement 2#F29E91
Triadic 1#CE91F2
Triadic 2#F2CE91
Tetradic#9E91F2

RGB percentages

Red56.9%
Green94.9%
Blue80.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan40.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow14.9%
Key (black)5.1%

Color previews

#91f2ce text on a black background

contrast 15.80:1

Card sample

#91f2ce text on a white background

contrast 1.33:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #91f2ce;
Background color
Panel with #91f2ce background
background-color: #91f2ce;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #91f2ce;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(145, 242, 206, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(145, 242, 206, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #91f2ce;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #91f2ce, #91D5F2);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #91f2ce

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#91f2ce in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

#91f2ce, answered

What color is #91f2ce?

#91f2ce is a light electric green, closest to Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 3.7). It sits at 158° on the hue wheel with 79% saturation and 76% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #91f2ce?

rgb(145, 242, 206) — 145 red, 242 green and 206 blue out of 255, or 56.9% / 94.9% / 80.8% by channel.

Is #91f2ce a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7398 and perceived brightness is 84%, so black text on it reaches 15.80:1.

Should I use black or white text on #91f2ce?

Black. It scores 15.80:1 against #91f2ce, versus 1.33:1 for white — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #91f2ce?

#F291B5 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F291E6 and #F29E91, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #91f2ce?

For interface work: #F4FAF8 as the surface, #C0EDDC for borders, #4B9B7D for secondary text, #BA127B as an accent and #0D724D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #91F29E and #91E6F2 stays calm, while #F291B5 is the loudest partner.

What is #91f2ce in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(40%, 0%, 15%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #91f2ce warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 78 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #91F2AA; nudged cooler, #90F3F3.

Work with #91f2ce in the Color Lab