Nearest-color comparison
Soft Mint #D5F5E3 vs Moonstone #D9E6E8: RGB distance 16.3 and contrast 1.1:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.
Soft Mint and Moonstone are very close, with an RGB distance of 16.3. Soft Mint is lighter by 0.0783, and Soft Mint is more saturated by 37 percentage points. Their mutual contrast is 1.1:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.
The main measurable differences between Soft Mint and Moonstone across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.
green color
Soft Mint is #D5F5E3, a cool green with hue 146°, saturation 62% and luminance 0.85. Beside Moonstone, it is lighter and more saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 18:1.
cyan color
Moonstone is #D9E6E8, a cool cyan with hue 188°, saturation 25% and luminance 0.7717. Beside Soft Mint, it is darker and less saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 16.43:1.
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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