Creamy Mint

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Soft creamy mint for gentle backgrounds, less cool

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About Creamy Mint

Creamy Mint is what happens when you strip the yellow out of the pale greens entirely. It sits noticeably cooler and less saturated than , which still leans toward that soft yellow-green middle ground. This one commits to green, but it does it quietly, almost like mint toothpaste diluted with water. The result feels fresher, more botanical, less wellness-app generic.

You'll reach for it in health interfaces, beauty apps, and skincare dashboards where mint-adjacent feels on-brand without being loud. It works on product detail pages, especially for natural or organic categories. Background layers in meditation or sleep apps. It's got enough green presence to read as intentional, but the high lightness keeps it from ever feeling heavy or clinical the way deeper greens can.

Pair it with dark text or navy accents and it stays legible. On white it'll recede slightly, which is fine if that's what you want, use it when you need calm over contrast. The real move is pairing it with warmer, more saturated colors to let it breathe; it'll make them look fresher by comparison.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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On Gray 900 #18181b

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14.84:1AAA

On Black #000000

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17.59:1AAA

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