Nearest-color comparison

Soft Mint vs Moonstone

Soft Mint and Moonstone are different green and cyan colors with HEX values #D5F5E3 and #D9E6E8. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 16.3, their contrast ratio is 1.1:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Soft Mint and Moonstone are very close colors. Soft Mint is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.1:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Soft Mint#D5F5E3

Moonstone#D9E6E8

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance16.3

Pair contrast1.1:1

Luminance delta0.0783

Hue delta42 deg

Lighter colorSoft Mint

More saturatedSoft Mint

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Soft Mint

Soft Mint is #D5F5E3, a cool green color with light character. Compared with Moonstone, 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#D5F5E3 RGB213, 245, 227 HSL146, 62, 90 CMYK13, 0, 7, 4 Luminance0.85 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

cyan color

Moonstone

Moonstone is #D9E6E8, a cool cyan color with light character. Compared with Soft Mint, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#D9E6E8 RGB217, 230, 232 HSL188, 25, 88 CMYK6, 1, 0, 9 Luminance0.7717 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Soft Mint or Moonstone

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

Choose MoonstoneMoonstone is better when the design needs light cyan character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #D9E6E8.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertySoft MintMoonstone

HEX#D5F5E3#D9E6E8

RGB213, 245, 227217, 230, 232

HSL146, 62, 90188, 25, 88

CMYK13, 0, 7, 46, 1, 0, 9

FamilyGreenCyan

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneLightLight

Luminance0.850.7717

Black contrast18:116.43:1

White contrast1.17:11.28:1

Shared tonesLight

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Soft Mintblack text - 18:1

Moonstoneblack text - 16.43:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Soft Mint#D5F5E3

Moonstone#D9E6E8

White#FFFFFF

#F5D6E8#F5D6E8

#E8DBD9#E8DBD9

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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    ],
    "cmyk": [
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      4
    ],
    "family": "green",
    "temperature": "cool",
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    ],
    "luminance": 0.85,
    "contrast": {
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    },
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    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 18
    },
    "description": "Soft Mint is #D5F5E3, a cool green color with light character. Compared with Moonstone, 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.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/soft-mint/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/soft-mint.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "moonstone",
    "name": "Moonstone",
    "hex": "#D9E6E8",
    "rgb": [
      217,
      230,
      232
    ],
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      25,
      88
    ],
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      0,
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    ],
    "family": "cyan",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "light"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.7717,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 16.43,
      "white": 1.28
    },
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        "#36454F"
      ],
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      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 16.43
    },
    "description": "Moonstone is #D9E6E8, a cool cyan color with light character. Compared with Soft Mint, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/moonstone/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/moonstone.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1.1,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 42,
    "saturation": 37,
    "lightness": 2
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0783,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "light"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Soft Mint",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Soft Mint"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.1,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Soft Mint",
      "background": "#D5F5E3",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 18
    },
    {
      "color": "Moonstone",
      "background": "#D9E6E8",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 16.43
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Moonstone is better when the design needs light cyan character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #D9E6E8.",
  "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/soft-mint-vs-moonstone.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/soft-mint.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/moonstone.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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