Mintastic
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Pastel mint for airy, soft highlights and borders
About Mintastic
Mintastic looks like fresh mint leaves lit from the side, then pushed a little toward icy-sweet. It's lighter than A State of Mint, but it doesn't go hazy or chalky like Glow in the Dark. Compared with Frosted Mint Hills, it stays more playful and less "mist-on-glass" crisp, with a cleaner, slightly sweeter undertone that reads more mint than lime.
The kind of shade I grab for UI backgrounds when you want that light green that still behaves. I've used it for settings panels and empty-state illustrations in wellness and skincare apps, plus product filter chips and callout tiles in clean-ingredients e-comm where the page needs to feel new without turning clinical. It also holds up in motion graphics for onboarding steps, because it doesn't sink into the background the way Creamy Mint-adjacent tones can.
Pair it with dark green, charcoal, or soft navy so the coolness stays crisp, and avoid warm beiges next to it if you want to keep that minty edge intact.
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On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
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