CSS named color

Mint Cream #F5FFFA

The CSS keyword mintcream is #F5FFFA. It is a near-white in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.991 with chroma 0.012, too low for hue to matter.

Relative luminance
0.9783
OKLCH L · C · h
0.991 · 0.012 · 164.8
Best text
Black 20.56:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#F5FFFA color codes

HEX
#F5FFFA
RGB
rgb(245, 255, 250)
HSL
hsl(150, 100%, 98%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.991 0.012 164.8)
OKLab
oklab(0.991 -0.012 0.003)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 99.16, a* -4.16, b* 1.25
XYZ (D65)
X 90.67, Y 97.83, Z 104.53
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(4%, 0%, 2%, 0%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #F5FFFA accessible?

Black text on it reaches 20.56:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.02:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    20.56:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +104

  • White text on it

    1.02:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc 0

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.02:1

  • As text on black

    20.56:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −106

  • As text on white

    1.02:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc 0

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.02:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #6E7773 4.61:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.99 to 0.56 reaches 4.61:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #F5FFFA 20.56:1

    It already reaches 20.56:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #F5FFFA live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #F5FFFA

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #F5FFFA sits at step 50.

  1. 50This color#F5FFFA
    White
    1.02
    Black
    20.56
  2. 100#E5EDE9
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.62
  3. 200#D1DAD6
    White
    1.42
    Black
    14.71
  4. 300#B7C0BC
    White
    1.86
    Black
    11.27
  5. 400#9BA49F
    White
    2.55
    Black
    8.20
  6. 500#808984
    White
    3.60
    Black
    5.82
  7. 600#68716D
    White
    5.03
    Black
    4.17
  8. 700#525A56
    White
    7.10
    Black
    2.95
  9. 800#3A423E
    White
    10.35
    Black
    2.02
  10. 900#242B28
    White
    14.47
    Black
    1.45
  11. 950#121715
    White
    18.11
    Black
    1.15

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #F5FFFA can get

A gray has no hue, so no gamut holds a more vivid version of #F5FFFA: more chroma would make it another color.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.012
sRGB edge
No hue
Display P3 edge
No hue
Rec. 2020 edge
No hue
Dominant wavelength
None, near white
Excitation purity
1%
Chromaticity
x 0.3094, y 0.3339

Mixing

Mixing #F5FFFA

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#FAFFFD
  • OKLab50%#FAFFFC
  • OKLCH50%#FAFFFC

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#7B807D
  • OKLab50%#5F6361
  • OKLCH50%#5F6361
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #f5fffa, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #f5fffa 50%, white);

In use

#F5FFFA in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:120.56:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.02:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.02:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.02:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #6E7773 4.61:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:120.56:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:118.34:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:118.34:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:118.34:1 Passes

Color vision

How #F5FFFA looks with color blindness

As a neutral it barely changes under any simulation, ΔE2000 5.7 at most.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #FFFDFA ΔE2000 5.7

    Noticeable

    Reads as white

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #FDFCFA ΔE2000 5.5

    Noticeable

    Reads as white

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #F3FFFD ΔE2000 1.5

    Very close

    Reads as white

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #FDFDFD ΔE2000 5.6

    Noticeable

    Reads as white

Pairing check

A near-neutral has no complementary hue to pair with, so tell it apart from neighboring grays by lightness contrast alone.

Harmony

Color harmonies for #F5FFFA

A neutral has no hue to rotate, so every harmony collapses back to the same gray. Pair it with an accent color instead.

Or pair it by lightness: steps of its own scale as text on it, and what each can carry.

Build a lightness scale in Harmony Studio

  • Step 950 #121715 · 17.74:1

    Body text, AAA

  • Step 700 #525A56 · 6.95:1

    Body text, AA

  • Step 300 #B7C0BC · 1.82:1

    Decoration only, under 3:1

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-mintcream: #f5fffa;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        mintcream: '#f5fffa',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-mintcream: oklch(0.991 0.012 164.8);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "mintcream": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9608, 1, 0.9804],
        "hex": "#f5fffa"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color mintcream"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let mintcream = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.961, green: 1.000, blue: 0.980, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Mintcream = Color(0xFFF5FFFA)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #F5FFFA in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.