#91BFB3 is a muted, temperate teal. On the Color Lab it reads restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #91BFB3 works with other colors. Named schemes with #91BFB3 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Laurel Green keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Laurel Green sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Laurel Green opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Laurel Green is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Laurel Green carrying the quiet middle.
Laurel Green is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Laurel Green.
How #91BFB3 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #91BFB3 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #91BFB3;
--color-base-rgb: 145 191 179;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(76.8% 0.052 177.1);
--color-50: #F5FAF8;
--color-100: #E5F0ED;
--color-200: #CCE1DB;
--color-300: #A7C8BF;
--color-400: #83AFA3;
--color-500: #649185;
--color-600: #517168;
--color-700: #3D524C;
--color-800: #2A3733;
--color-900: #1B2220;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
laurel-green: {
50: '#F5FAF8',
100: '#E5F0ED',
200: '#CCE1DB',
300: '#A7C8BF',
400: '#83AFA3',
500: '#649185',
600: '#517168',
700: '#3D524C',
800: '#2A3733',
900: '#1B2220',
},
}
$base: #91BFB3; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FAF8; $base-100: #E5F0ED; $base-200: #CCE1DB; $base-300: #A7C8BF; $base-400: #83AFA3; $base-500: #649185; $base-600: #517168; $base-700: #3D524C; $base-800: #2A3733; $base-900: #1B2220; $base-hover: #67A695; $base-subtle: #E0EAE7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#91BFB3",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FAF8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E5F0ED",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CCE1DB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A7C8BF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#83AFA3",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#649185",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#517168",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3D524C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2A3733",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B2220",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}