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#91C3FF — Light Vivid Blue

#91C3FF is a blue color we call Light Vivid Blue, closest to the named color LightSkyBlue (#87CEFA). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightskyblue (#87CEFA) — not an exact match. CSS lightskyblue gives you #87CEFA, a different color; use #91C3FF when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#91C3FF is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #FFCD8F; it also sits naturally between #8FF9FF and #948FFF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#91C3FF · RGB 145, 195, 255

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Color values

HEX#91C3FF
RGB145, 195, 255
HSL213°, 100%, 78%
HSV213°, 43%, 100%
CMYK43%, 24%, 0%, 0%
XYZ49.24, 52.27, 102.10
Yxy52.27, 0.2418, 0.2567
CIE-Lab77.44, -1.19, -34.65
Hunter Lab72.30, -1.10, -38.48

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 57% · Green 76% · Blue 100%

Cyan 43% · Magenta 24% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #91C3FF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #91C3FF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #91C3FF

.text { color: #91C3FF; }
.background { background-color: #91C3FF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #91C3FF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(145, 195, 255); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(213, 100%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #91C3FF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(145, 195, 255, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #91C3FF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(145, 195, 255, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#91C3FF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#91C3FF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #91C3FF

#6BAEFF#4297FF#1F84FF#006EF5#005ED1#004EAD#003C85#002C61#001938#000914

Tints of #91C3FF

#99C7FF#A3CDFF#A8CFFF#B3D5FF#BDDBFF#C7E0FF#D1E6FF#D6E9FF#E0EEFF#EBF4FF

Tones of #91C3FF

#97C2F7#9FC3EF#A7C4E7#AFC4DF#B7C5D7#BFC6CF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FFCD8F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.83:1 Fails
Against black text11.45:1 AAA

Best text color on #91C3FF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #91C3FF

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #91C3FF: ·

How #91C3FF looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #A7A7F0Deuteranopia · #A4A0EDTritanopia · #94E5E3

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind indigo 500 · #6366F1

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #91C3FF rather than the exact color:

Palette F7c8e0
#F7C8E0 · #DFFFD8 · #B4E4FF · #95BDFF
Palette Ff84ba
#FF84BA · #FFDF82 · #99C2FF · #FFEFE3
Palette E3f2fd
#E3F2FD · #90CAF9 · #2196F3 · #0D47A1
Palette E0f4ff
#E0F4FF · #87C4FF · #39A7FF · #FFEED9
Palette 7c83fd
#7C83FD · #96BAFF · #7DEDFF · #88FFF7
Palette 7695ff
#7695FF · #9DBDFF · #FFD7C4 · #FF9874

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#95BDFF#99C2FF#90CAF9#87C4FF#96BAFF#9DBDFF#96C9F4#91BCF2#96CAF3#8ACFF8#9CCFFF#94B3FD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #91C3FE  ·  #91C400 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #91C3FF?

#91C3FF is Light Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 145, 195, 255). Its closest standard named color is LightSkyBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #91C3FF?

#91C3FF is RGB 145, 195, 255 — HSL 213°, 100%, 78% — CMYK 43%, 24%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #91C3FF?

Its complement is #FFCD8F; analogous partners are #8FF9FF and #948FFF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #91C3FF for text?

Black text on #91C3FF has a contrast ratio of 11.45:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.83:1.