Nearest-color comparison
Mint Cream #F5FFFA vs Cool White #F4F8FF: RGB distance 8.7 and contrast 1.04:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.
Mint Cream and Cool White are very close, with an RGB distance of 8.7. Mint Cream is lighter by 0.0424, and their saturation is equal. Their mutual contrast is 1.04:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.
The main measurable differences between Mint Cream and Cool White across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.
green color
Mint Cream is #F5FFFA, a cool green with hue 150°, saturation 100% and luminance 0.9783. Beside Cool White, it is lighter and equally saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 20.57:1.
blue color
Cool White is #F4F8FF, a cool blue with hue 218°, saturation 100% and luminance 0.9359. Beside Mint Cream, it is darker and equally saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 19.72:1.
Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.
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Colors Encyclopedia
colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and linksdifferencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributesaccessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each coloruseCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them togetherrelatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints[
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