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#91C5CE

#91c5ce ≈ Light Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#91c5ce is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.86% red, 77.25% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.61% cyan, 4.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 188.85°, with 38.36% saturation and 68.82% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 6.26.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.5041

Complementary

  1. #91c5ce
  2. #ce9a91

Split complementary

  1. #91c5ce
  2. #ce91a6
  3. #ceb891

Analogous

  1. #91ceb8
  2. #91c5ce
  3. #91a6ce

Triadic

  1. #91c5ce
  2. #ce91c5
  3. #c5ce91

Tetradic

  1. #91c5ce
  2. #9a91ce
  3. #ce9a91
  4. #c5ce91

Square

  1. #91c5ce
  2. #b891ce
  3. #ce9a91
  4. #a6ce91

Monochromatic

  1. #3d7e89
  2. #5ca9b6
  3. #91c5ce
  4. #c6e1e6
  5. #f1f8f9

Shades

#91c5ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #91c5ce
  2. #83b1b9
  3. #749ea5
  4. #668a90
  5. #57767c
  6. #496367
  7. #3a4f52
  8. #2c3b3e
  9. #1d2729
  10. #0f1415
  11. #000000

Tints

#91c5ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #91c5ce
  2. #9ccbd3
  3. #a7d1d8
  4. #b2d6dd
  5. #bddce2
  6. #c8e2e7
  7. #d3e8eb
  8. #deeef0
  9. #e9f3f5
  10. #f4f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#91c5ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #91c5ce
  2. #8fbec6
  3. #8eb7be
  4. #8cb0b7
  5. #8aa9af
  6. #89a3a7
  7. #879c9f
  8. #859597
  9. #838e90
  10. #828788
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adc0c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcc1cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2b9ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7ccac8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adc3ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6bece ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #85c8ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-91c5ce {
  color: #91c5ce;
}
Background
.bg-91c5ce {
  background-color: #91c5ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-91c5ce {
  border: 2px solid #91c5ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #91c5ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 145 197 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 38% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-91c5ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #91c5ce, #91a6ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-91c5ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(145 197 206 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.26 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.38 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 6.84 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.97 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.46 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 8.19 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.22 #6e3a31 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Light Blue
#91c5ce  rgb(145, 197, 206)  hsl(189, 38%, 69%)  Light Blue
#ce9a91  rgb(206, 154, 145)  hsl(9, 38%, 69%)  Pastel Pink
#ce91c5  rgb(206, 145, 197)  hsl(309, 38%, 69%)  Plum
#c5ce91  rgb(197, 206, 145)  hsl(69, 38%, 69%)  Sage