Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Mint Cream

Mint Cream is a light and pastel green color with HEX #F5FFFA. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 245, 255, 250, HSL 150, 100%, 98%, cool temperature, and is useful for web design, CSS color systems, and UI prototyping.

#F5FFFA green cool lightpastel
HEX #F5FFFA
RGB rgb(245, 255, 250)
HSL hsl(150 100% 98%)
CMYK cmyk(4, 0, 2, 0)
Luminance 0.9783
Contrast Black 20.57:1White 1.02:1

CSS Utilities

--color-mint-cream: #F5FFFA;
.bg-mint-cream { background-color: #F5FFFA; }
.text-mint-cream { color: #F5FFFA; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.9783
Black text20.57:1AA Pass
White text1.02:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
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    "#36454F"
  ],
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    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
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}
Harmonies
{
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}
Variants
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  "pastel": "#FFFFFF",
  "neon": "#FFFFFF"
}
Pairings
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    "#E8E8E4"
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  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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Color meaning and use

About Mint Cream Color

Mint Cream sits in the green family with cool temperature and light and pastel visual character. Standard CSS named color.

Its common associations include context dependent, which makes it relevant for web interfaces and design systems. In design work, Mint Cream is most useful for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Green color familyBrowse named green colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Light colorsFind colors with light visual character.Pastel colorsFind colors with pastel visual character.Mint Cream accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #F5FFFA.Mint Cream CSS utilitiesUse Mint Cream in CSS variables and utility classes.#F5FFFA HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Mint Cream paletteOpen the generated palette based on Mint Cream.Mint Cream harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Mint Cream against black and white text.

Black text20.57:1AA Pass
White text1.02:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
AAA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Azure#F0FFFF
Cool White#F4F8FF
Ghost White#F8F8FF
Cloud#F5F6F7
Alice Blue#F0F8FF

Color Harmonies

#FFF5FA#FFF5FA
#F5FFF5#F5FFF5
#F5FFFF#F5FFFF
#FAF5FF#FAF5FF
#FFFAF5#FFFAF5
Open full Mint Cream harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

White#FFFFFF
#99FFCC#99FFCC
Mint Cream#F5FFFA
#F6FEFA#F6FEFA
White#FFFFFF
White#FFFFFF

Pairings

Black#000000
#FFF5FA#FFF5FA
#F5FFF5#F5FFF5
#F5FFFF#F5FFFF
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5