We demonstrate as much as possible blue color and high efficiency phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PHOLEDs) by using well-known iridium(III)bis[(3,5-difluoro-4-cyanophenyl)-pyridinato-N,C']picolinate (FCNIrpic) dopant and previously reported good host materials. For the control of blue color and efficiency, various host materials, 1,3-bis(carbazole-9-yl) benzene (mCP), 9-(3-(9H-carbazole-9-yl)phenyl)-3-(dibromophenylphosphoryl)-9H-carbazole (mCPPO1), and 2,8-di(9H-carbazol-9-yl)dibenzo[b,d]furan (DFCz), bis(4-(N-carbazole)phenyl)dimethylsilane (2MCBP) are selected and investigated their performances. A maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 23.9% and power efficiency of 30.2 lm/W are achieved from 2MCBP device with Commision Internationale de L'Eclairage color coordinates (CIEx,y) of (0.14, 0.21). The deepest color with color coordinate of (0.14, 0.19) is obtained for the mCP device. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.