Maroon Colors  ·  Color Library

Palettes / Colors / #91CAC3

#91CAC3 — Light Muted Teal

#91CAC3 is a teal color we call Light Muted Teal, closest to the named color SkyBlue (#87CEEB). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: skyblue (#87CEEB) — not an exact match. CSS skyblue gives you #87CEEB, a different color; use #91CAC3 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.

#91CAC3 is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #CA9198; it also sits naturally between #91CAA7 and #91B4CA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#91CAC3 · RGB 145, 202, 195

Download PNG swatch SVG

Color values

HEX#91CAC3
RGB145, 202, 195
HSL173°, 35%, 68%
HSV173°, 28%, 79%
CMYK28%, 0%, 3%, 21%
XYZ42.65, 52.20, 59.46
Yxy52.20, 0.2764, 0.3383
CIE-Lab77.40, -19.80, -2.44
Hunter Lab72.25, -17.49, -2.23

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 57% · Green 79% · Blue 76%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 3% · Key 21%

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

Previews

Sample text in #91CAC3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #91CAC3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #91CAC3

.text { color: #91CAC3; }
.background { background-color: #91CAC3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #91CAC3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(145, 202, 195); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(173, 35%, 68%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #91CAC3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(145, 202, 195, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #91CAC3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(145, 202, 195, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#91CAC3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#91CAC3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #91CAC3

#7CC0B8#64B4AB#51A99E#469188#3C7C74#326761#264F4A#1C3B37#112220#070E0D

Tints of #91CAC3

#9BCFC9#A5D4CE#ACD7D2#B7DCD8#C1E1DD#CBE6E3#D6EBE9#DDEEEC#E7F3F2#F1F8F8

Tones of #91CAC3

#95C6C0#99C2BD#9DBEBA#A1BAB7#A5B6B4#A9B1B1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CA9198:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.84:1 Fails
Against black text11.44:1 AAA

Best text color on #91CAC3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #91CAC3

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 #91CAC3: ·

How #91CAC3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #AAAAC5Deuteranopia · #A6A2C5Tritanopia · #94C6C6

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:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Blue Grey 500 · #607D8BTailwind slate 500 · #64748B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #91CAC3 rather than the exact color:

Palette F4f4f4
#F4F4F4 · #8EC6C5 · #6983AA · #8566AA
Palette Db1a1a
#DB1A1A · #FFF6F6 · #8CC7C4 · #2C687B
Palette 80a1ba
#80A1BA · #91C4C3 · #B4DEBD · #FFF7DD
Wild Opal
#8C5A46 · #BDC488 · #78A176 · #8DCBBD
Electric Saffron
#4A9754 · #91CECA · #8695B9 · #683F8F
Palette 91c6bc
#91C6BC · #4B9DA9 · #F6F3C2 · #E37434

Similar colors

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

#8EC6C5#8CC7C4#91C4C3#8DCBBD#91CECA#91C6BC#90D1CA#9AD0C2#9BCEC1#97D2C8#93BFC7#92C7CF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #91CAC2  ·  #91CAC4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #91CAC3?

#91CAC3 is Light Muted Teal, a teal color (RGB 145, 202, 195). Its closest standard named color is SkyBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #91CAC3?

#91CAC3 is RGB 145, 202, 195 — HSL 173°, 35%, 68% — CMYK 28%, 0%, 3%, 21%.

What colors go with #91CAC3?

Its complement is #CA9198; analogous partners are #91CAA7 and #91B4CA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #91CAC3 for text?

Black text on #91CAC3 has a contrast ratio of 11.44:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.84:1.