Light Mint is calm, warm-toned shade of mid green. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid magenta, orange or mid blue
| Inverse Color | #490044 |
| Complementary Color | #ffb6fa |
| Color Shade: | mid green (124.11° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 85.69% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar mid green shade, there are some better alternatives to Light Mint Color. The Barium Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Toxic Frog (#98fb98) for more calm effect. Try Baby Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#ffb6fa is the best complementary color to Light Mint. Mid magenta shades generally complement the mid green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b6ffbb complementary color is Cotton Candy, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of yellow green, mid green, and green cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Reef are #d5ffb6 and #b6ffdf. Thus found on the left and right of #b6ffbb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Reef and Aero Blue colors as they work well with Light Mint.
The split-complementary Light Mint palette consists of #ffb6d5 and #dfb6ff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ffb6fa). Try Cotton Candy and Mauve colors in combination with #b6ffbb, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #b6ffbb offers a combination of mid red and mid blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Light Mint. Thus Sundown and Melrose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Light Mint contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cotton Candy, French Pass, and Frangipani split by 90° on the color wheel. #b6ffbb square combo is a palette of mid green, blue cyan, mid magenta and orange shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Light Mint tetradic combo consists of mid magenta complementary color (#ffb6fa) and two others. The Melrose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shalimar – 120° from the complementary Cotton Candy. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bbb6ff and #faffb6.
In a RGB color space, hex #b6ffbb is made of 29% red, 41% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Light Mint has a hue angle of 124.11°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 85.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b6ffbb is made of 28.63% cyan, 0% magenta, 26.67% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #b6ffbb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(182,255,187) |
| RGB Percentage | 29%, 41%, 30% |
| CMYK | 28.63, 0, 26.67, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(124.11,100%,85.69%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(124.11,28.63%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(93.9059,-35.4392,25.4732) |
| XYZ | xyz(64.021,85.0529,60.0563) |