Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Pastel Mint

Pastel Mint is a light and pastel green color with HEX #CEFAD0. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 206, 250, 208, HSL 123, 81%, 89%, cool temperature, and is useful for soft UI backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design.

#CEFAD0 green cool lightpastel
HEX #CEFAD0
RGB rgb(206, 250, 208)
HSL hsl(123 81% 89%)
CMYK cmyk(18, 0, 17, 2)
Luminance 0.8605
Contrast Black 18.21:1White 1.15:1

CSS Utilities

--color-pastel-mint: #CEFAD0;
.bg-pastel-mint { background-color: #CEFAD0; }
.text-pastel-mint { color: #CEFAD0; }
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
Luminance0.8605
Black text18.21:1AA Pass
White text1.15:1AA 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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  ],
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    81,
    89
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  "cmyk": [
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  "contrast": {
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
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    "#36454F"
  ],
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}
Harmonies
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    "#FACCE1"
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  ]
}
Variants
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  "light": "#FFFFFF",
  "dark": "#79F17F",
  "saturated": "#C7FFCA",
  "desaturated": "#D2F3D4",
  "pastel": "#FFFFFF",
  "neon": "#F0FFF0"
}
Pairings
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  ],
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  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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  ],
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Color meaning and use

About Pastel Mint Color

Pastel Mint sits in the green family with cool temperature and light and pastel visual character. Pastel Mint is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include softness, care, and lightness, which makes it relevant for wellness and beauty. In design work, Pastel Mint is most useful for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, 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.Pastel Mint accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #CEFAD0.Pastel Mint CSS utilitiesUse Pastel Mint in CSS variables and utility classes.#CEFAD0 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Pastel Mint paletteOpen the generated palette based on Pastel Mint.Pastel Mint harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Pastel Mint against black and white text.

Black text18.21:1AA Pass
White text1.15:1AA 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

Soft Mint#D5F5E3
Pastel Green#C1E1C1
Pastel Aqua#B8E8E0
Moonstone#D9E6E8
Fog#D7DDE0

Color Harmonies

#FACCF7#FACCF7
#E1FACC#E1FACC
#CCFAE5#CCFAE5
#CFCCFA#CFCCFA
#FACFCC#FACFCC
Open full Pastel Mint harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

White#FFFFFF
#79F17F#79F17F
#C7FFCA#C7FFCA
#D2F3D4#D2F3D4
White#FFFFFF
Honeydew#F0FFF0

Pairings

Black#000000
#FACCF7#FACCF7
#E1FACC#E1FACC
#CCFAE5#CCFAE5
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5