Mint Tea Color

#afeee1

Mint Tea is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #50111e
Complementary Color #eeaebb
Color Shade: warm cyan (167.62° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 80.98% (better contrasting with black)
Mint Tea Color Sample
Mint Tea Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #afeee1

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Mint Tea Color. The Clean Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Minty Fresh (#d2f2e7) for more calm effect. Try Waterslide as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#eeaebb is the best complementary color to Mint Tea. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #afeee1 complementary color is Beauty Bush, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Cruise are #aeeec1 and #aedbee. Thus found on the left and right of #afeee1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Madang and Blizzard Blue colors as they work well with Mint Tea.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mint Tea palette consists of #eec1ae and #eeaedb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#eeaebb). Try Desert Sand and Kobi colors in combination with #afeee1, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #afeee1 offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mint Tea. Thus Double Colonial White and French Lilac giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mint Tea contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Beauty Bush, Biloba Flower, and Caper split by 90° on the color wheel. #afeee1 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Mint Tea tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#eeaebb) and two others. The French Lilac is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Madang – 120° from the complementary Beauty Bush. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e0aeee and #bbeeae.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #afeee1 is made of 27% red, 37% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Mint Tea has a hue angle of 167.62°, a saturation of 64.95% and a lightness of 80.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #afeee1 is made of 24.7% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.09% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #afeee1
RGB Decimal rgb(175,238,225)
RGB Percentage 27%, 37%, 35%
CMYK 24.7, 0, 5.09, 6.67
HSL hsl(167.62,64.95%,80.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(167.62,26.47%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(89.7195,-22.4191,-0.1196)
XYZ xyz(61.8443,75.6993,82.586)
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