Nearest-color comparison

Azure vs Mint Cream

Azure and Mint Cream are different cyan and green colors with HEX values #F0FFFF and #F5FFFA. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 7.1, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Azure and Mint Cream are very close colors. Mint Cream is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.01:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Azure#F0FFFF

Mint Cream#F5FFFA

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Azure and Mint Cream across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance7.1

Pair contrast1.01:1

Luminance delta0.0056

Hue delta30 deg

Lighter colorMint Cream

More saturatedAzure

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

cyan color

Azure

Azure is #F0FFFF, a cool cyan color with light and pastel character. Compared with Mint Cream, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#F0FFFF RGB240, 255, 255 HSL180, 100, 97 CMYK6, 0, 0, 0 Luminance0.9727 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Mint Cream

Mint Cream is #F5FFFA, a cool green color with light and pastel character. Compared with Azure, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#F5FFFA RGB245, 255, 250 HSL150, 100, 98 CMYK4, 0, 2, 0 Luminance0.9783 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Azure or Mint Cream

Choose AzureAzure is better when the design needs light and pastel cyan character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #F0FFFF.

Choose Mint CreamMint Cream is better when the design needs light and pastel green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #F5FFFA.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyAzureMint Cream

HEX#F0FFFF#F5FFFA

RGB240, 255, 255245, 255, 250

HSL180, 100, 97150, 100, 98

CMYK6, 0, 0, 04, 0, 2, 0

FamilyCyanGreen

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneLight, PastelLight, Pastel

Luminance0.97270.9783

Black contrast20.45:120.57:1

White contrast1.03:11.02:1

Shared tonesLight, Pastel

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Azureblack text - 20.45:1

Mint Creamblack text - 20.57:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Azure#F0FFFF

Mint Cream#F5FFFA

White#FFFFFF

#FFF0F0#FFF0F0

#FFF5FA#FFF5FA

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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    "name": "Azure",
    "hex": "#F0FFFF",
    "rgb": [
      240,
      255,
      255
    ],
    "hsl": [
      180,
      100,
      97
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      6,
      0,
      0,
      0
    ],
    "family": "cyan",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "light",
      "pastel"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.9727,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 20.45,
      "white": 1.03
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 20.45
    },
    "description": "Azure is #F0FFFF, a cool cyan color with light and pastel character. Compared with Mint Cream, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/azure/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/azure.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "mint-cream",
    "name": "Mint Cream",
    "hex": "#F5FFFA",
    "rgb": [
      245,
      255,
      250
    ],
    "hsl": [
      150,
      100,
      98
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      4,
      0,
      2,
      0
    ],
    "family": "green",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "light",
      "pastel"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.9783,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 20.57,
      "white": 1.02
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 20.57
    },
    "description": "Mint Cream is #F5FFFA, a cool green color with light and pastel character. Compared with Azure, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/mint-cream/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mint-cream.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 7.1,
  "contrastRatio": 1.01,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 30,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 1
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0056,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "light",
    "pastel"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Mint Cream",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Azure"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.01,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Azure",
      "background": "#F0FFFF",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 20.45
    },
    {
      "color": "Mint Cream",
      "background": "#F5FFFA",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 20.57
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseFirstWhen": "Azure is better when the design needs light and pastel cyan character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #F0FFFF.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Mint Cream is better when the design needs light and pastel green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #F5FFFA.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/azure-vs-mint-cream.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/azure.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mint-cream.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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  "summary": "Azure and Mint Cream are different cyan and green colors with HEX values #F0FFFF and #F5FFFA. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 7.1, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
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      "rgb": [
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        180,
        100,
        97
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        6,
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
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      "tone": [
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      ],
      "luminance": 0.9727,
      "contrast": {
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        "white": 1.03
      },
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        "label": "black text",
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      },
      "description": "Azure is #F0FFFF, a cool cyan color with light and pastel character. Compared with Mint Cream, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
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    },
    {
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        250
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        100,
        98
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        2,
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      "bestText": {
        "text": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 20.57
      },
      "description": "Mint Cream is #F5FFFA, a cool green color with light and pastel character. Compared with Azure, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/mint-cream/",
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    }
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      "hue": 30,
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      },
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