#91BFB4 is a muted, temperate cyan. 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 #91BFB4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #91BFB4 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 #91BFB4 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 #91BFB4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #91BFB4;
--color-base-rgb: 145 191 180;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(76.9% 0.051 178.5);
--color-50: #F5FAF9;
--color-100: #E5F0EE;
--color-200: #CCE1DC;
--color-300: #A7C8C1;
--color-400: #83AFA4;
--color-500: #649187;
--color-600: #51716A;
--color-700: #3D524D;
--color-800: #2A3734;
--color-900: #1B2220;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
laurel-green: {
50: '#F5FAF9',
100: '#E5F0EE',
200: '#CCE1DC',
300: '#A7C8C1',
400: '#83AFA4',
500: '#649187',
600: '#51716A',
700: '#3D524D',
800: '#2A3734',
900: '#1B2220',
},
}
$base: #91BFB4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FAF9; $base-100: #E5F0EE; $base-200: #CCE1DC; $base-300: #A7C8C1; $base-400: #83AFA4; $base-500: #649187; $base-600: #51716A; $base-700: #3D524D; $base-800: #2A3734; $base-900: #1B2220; $base-hover: #67A697; $base-subtle: #E0EAE8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#91BFB4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FAF9",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E5F0EE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CCE1DC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A7C8C1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#83AFA4",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#649187",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#51716A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3D524D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2A3734",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B2220",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}