In this manuscript, novel green and blue sandwich-type rareearth phthalocyanines (LnPc 2 ) are presented. This parent green LnPc 2 complex is named bis-{2(3),9(10),16(17),23(24)-tetra(4tert-buylphenoxy) phthalocyaninato} neodymium (III) (2) and modified into blue LnPc 2 complexes (3), (4) and (5) based on hexadecyltrimethylammonium ion, mononeodymium(III) diacetate and monodysprosium(III) diacetate as counter ions, respectively. These stable blue lanthanide Pc salts are highly soluble in many organic and inorganic solvents. All complexes 2, 3, 4 and 5 were studied for optical limiting for the first time using Z-scan at nanosecond regime in the visible absorption spectral wavelength (532 nm). Our studies reveal the advantage of exciton coupling in blue sandwich-type rare-earth phthalocyanines over the p-radicals (characterized by blue valence at 485 nm) in the green counterpart which are in resonance with the 532 nm wavelength for optical limiting application. Large singlet ground state to excited state absorption cross section ratios were found, particularly for complex 5 in comparison to that of complex 2.[a] Dr.