Nearest-color comparison

Pastel Mint vs Soft Mint

Pastel Mint and Soft Mint are different green colors with HEX values #CEFAD0 and #D5F5E3. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 20.9, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Pastel Mint and Soft Mint are very close colors. Pastel Mint 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

Pastel Mint#CEFAD0

Soft Mint#D5F5E3

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance20.9

Pair contrast1.01:1

Luminance delta0.0105

Hue delta23 deg

Lighter colorPastel Mint

More saturatedPastel Mint

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Pastel Mint

Pastel Mint is #CEFAD0, a cool green color with light and pastel character. Compared with Soft Mint, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#CEFAD0 RGB206, 250, 208 HSL123, 81, 89 CMYK18, 0, 17, 2 Luminance0.8605 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Soft Mint

Soft Mint is #D5F5E3, a cool green color with light character. Compared with Pastel Mint, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#D5F5E3 RGB213, 245, 227 HSL146, 62, 90 CMYK13, 0, 7, 4 Luminance0.85 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Pastel Mint or Soft Mint

Choose Pastel MintPastel Mint is better when the design needs light and pastel green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #CEFAD0.

Choose Soft MintSoft Mint is better when the design needs light green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #D5F5E3.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyPastel MintSoft Mint

HEX#CEFAD0#D5F5E3

RGB206, 250, 208213, 245, 227

HSL123, 81, 89146, 62, 90

CMYK18, 0, 17, 213, 0, 7, 4

FamilyGreenGreen

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneLight, PastelLight

Luminance0.86050.85

Black contrast18.21:118:1

White contrast1.15:11.17:1

Shared tonesLight

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Pastel Mintblack text - 18.21:1

Soft Mintblack text - 18:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Pastel Mint#CEFAD0

Soft Mint#D5F5E3

White#FFFFFF

#FACCF7#FACCF7

#F5D6E8#F5D6E8

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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  },
  {
    "slug": "soft-mint",
    "name": "Soft Mint",
    "hex": "#D5F5E3",
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    "bestText": {
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    },
    "description": "Soft Mint is #D5F5E3, a cool green color with light character. Compared with Pastel Mint, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
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Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1.01,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 23,
    "saturation": 19,
    "lightness": 1
  },
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  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "light"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Pastel Mint",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Pastel Mint"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.01,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Pastel Mint",
      "background": "#CEFAD0",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 18.21
    },
    {
      "color": "Soft Mint",
      "background": "#D5F5E3",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 18
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Soft Mint is better when the design needs light green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #D5F5E3.",
  "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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Full JSON dataset

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