What is the hex code for Mint Cream?

Mint Cream is #f5fffa. In CSS the keyword mintcream, the hex #f5fffa, rgb(245, 255, 250) and hsl(150, 100%, 98%) all paint the same color.

What is the opposite of Mint Cream on the color wheel?

The opposite (complementary) color is #fff5fa, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.

Can I use Mint Cream for text?

Mint Cream as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.02:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 20.57:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.

CSS color names · Whites

Mint Cream color: hex #f5fffa, RGB and HSL

Mint Cream is the CSS keyword mintcream, hex #f5fffa, rgb(245, 255, 250), hsl(150, 100%, 98%). It is a very light, fully saturated green in the whites family. Below: the colors that go with it, its tints and shades, how it reads as text, and a complete interface palette built from it.

CSS name: mintcream
Hex: #f5fffa
RGB: rgb(245, 255, 250)
HSL: hsl(150, 100%, 98%)
On white: 1.02:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text
On black: 20.57:1 — passes AA for body text

.example {
  color: mintcream;          /* keyword */
  color: #f5fffa;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(245, 255, 250); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(150, 100%, 98%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with mint cream

Each match keeps mint cream's saturation and lightness and rotates only the hue, so the relationship is the wheel's and nothing else. Any of these can be an accent beside mint cream as the primary; the harmony guides explain which rule suits which interface.

Complementary

The opposite hue, 180° away — the strongest contrast, best kept to one accent per screen.

#fff5fa

Split-complementary

The two neighbors of the complement, at 150° and 210° — most of the contrast with less tension, and two accents instead of one.

#fff5ff

#fff5f5

Triadic

Two hues at 120° and 240° — three evenly spaced signals, the scheme charts and category colors want.

#faf5ff

#fffaf5

Analogous

The neighbors at −30° and +30° — calm and cohesive, with emphasis coming from weight and size rather than hue.

#f5fff5

#f5ffff

Tints and shades of mint cream

Tints add lightness toward white; shades remove it toward black. The hue and saturation stay fixed, so every step still reads as mint cream — these are the hover, pressed, disabled and surface variants a single brand color needs.

Tints (lighter)

#f7fffb

#f8fffc

#fafffd

#fcfffd

#fdfffe

Shades (darker)

#a2ffd0

#4effa7

#00fa7d

#00a753

#00532a

A UI color palette built from mint cream

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from mint cream as the primary with the split-complementary rule: secondary and accent rotate around the wheel, and the five neutrals take the hue at lightness steps tuned for light and dark mode. This is the same derivation the palette generator runs — open it there to change the rule, drag the anchors, or export the set as CSS variables.

Light mode

primary: #f5fffa
secondary: #fff5ff
accent: #fff5f5
background: #fcfdfc
surface: #f3f7f5
text: #112219
muted: #568f73
border: #dfece5

Dark mode

primary: #f5fffa
secondary: #fff5ff
accent: #fff5f5
background: #0e1b14
surface: #15281f
text: #f3f6f5
muted: #94b8a6
border: #274938

Open mint cream in the palette generator

Using mint cream in an interface

The near-whites are page backgrounds. A canvas at ivory or alice blue instead of pure white is the difference between a page that feels designed and one that feels blank — and it is exactly what a tinted `background` role does in a semantic palette. Whichever role mint cream takes, define it once as a token rather than repeating the keyword: the semantic palette guide covers the eight roles, and the guides to complementary, triadic and the other color schemes explain how to weight the matches above.

What is the hex code for Mint Cream?: Mint Cream is #f5fffa. In CSS the keyword mintcream, the hex #f5fffa, rgb(245, 255, 250) and hsl(150, 100%, 98%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Mint Cream?: Its complement is #fff5fa, the split-complementary pair is #fff5ff and #fff5f5, the triadic partners are #faf5ff and #fffaf5, and the analogous neighbors are #f5fff5 and #f5ffff. In an interface, use Mint Cream for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Mint Cream on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #fff5fa, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.
Can I use Mint Cream for text?: Mint Cream as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.02:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 20.57:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.