Soft Mint Color

#e6f9f1

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

Inverse Color #19060e
Complementary Color #f9e6ee
Color Shade: green cyan (154.74° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 93.92% (better contrasting with black)
Soft Mint Color Sample
Soft Mint Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e6f9f1

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Soft Mint Color. The Light Salome color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Summer House (#c8efe2) for more calm effect. Try Cactus Water as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#f9e6ee is the best complementary color to Soft Mint. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e6f9f1 complementary color is We Peep, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Polar are #e6f9e7 and #e6f7f9. Thus found on the left and right of #e6f9f1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tara and Polar colors as they work well with Soft Mint.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Soft Mint palette consists of #f9e7e6 and #f9e6f7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#f9e6ee). Try We Peep and Amour colors in combination with #e6f9f1, 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 #e6f9f1 offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Soft Mint. Thus Quarter Spanish White and Moon Raker giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Soft Mint contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary We Peep, Link Water, and Rum Swizzle split by 90° on the color wheel. #e6f9f1 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid 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. Soft Mint tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#f9e6ee) and two others. The Moon Raker is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Frost – 120° from the complementary We Peep. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #f1e6f9 and #eef9e6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e6f9f1 is made of 32% red, 35% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Soft Mint has a hue angle of 154.74°, a saturation of 61.29% and a lightness of 93.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e6f9f1 is made of 7.45% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.14% yellow and 2.35% black ink.

HEX #e6f9f1
RGB Decimal rgb(230,249,241)
RGB Percentage 32%, 35%, 33%
CMYK 7.45, 0, 3.14, 2.35
HSL hsl(154.74,61.29%,93.92%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(154.74,7.63%,97.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(96.3792,-7.6606,1.6946)
XYZ xyz(82.386,90.9252,96.4272)
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