Mint cream
A very pale pastel green inspired by mint-flavoured buttercream
Mint cream is a very light, pastel shade of spring green. Its name comes from the pale green interior of after-dinner mints, which have a mint-flavoured buttercream centre.
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- Mint cream is a web colour with the hex code #F5FFFA
- It is inspired by the inside of after-dinner mints
- Mint cream is a very pale pastel green
What colour is Mint cream?
Mint cream is a very pale, pastel green. It is much lighter than most greens, with a soft, almost white appearance. The colour is gentle on the eyes and stands apart from deeper greens by its subtle, fresh look. It is used mainly in digital design and is part of the web colour palette.
Where does Mint cream come from?
The name 'mint cream' comes from the inside of after-dinner mints, which are disc-shaped sweets with a mint-flavoured buttercream centre. The colour is meant to represent the pale green shade of this buttercream, rather than the darker green of mint leaves.
How Mint cream is defined
Mint cream is defined as a web colour, with the hex code #F5FFFA. It is created digitally by mixing a small amount of green into a mostly white base, resulting in a very light tint.
Where Mint cream is used
Mint cream is mainly used in web and digital design, where its soft tone can serve as a background or accent. Its gentle appearance makes it suitable for designs that need a clean, fresh look.
Green around the world
What the green family means from country to country.
A green kerchief is the sign of the campaign for legal abortion. Huge crowds wore it in 2018, and the movement was called the green wave.
Politics and protestHopeSource: Green scarfGreen and gold have been the official national colours since 1984 and are worn by national sports teams. They echo the leaves and flowers of the golden wattle.
Festival and celebrationPrideSource: National colours of AustraliaA Test cricketer is given a dark green cap, the baggy green, on first playing for Australia. Many players wear the same faded cap for a whole career.
Festival and celebrationPrideSource: Baggy greenThe green field of the flag stands for the land and its rice fields. Many people also read it as the youth and vigour of the country.
Nature and renewalPolitics and protestHopeSource: Flag of BangladeshThe flag is white, green and red. The green band, which took the place of the blue in the Russian flag, is read as the country's forests and farmland.
Politics and protestNature and renewalSource: Flag of BulgariaThe green field of the flag is commonly said to stand for the forests. It was first the colour of the House of Braganza, the family of the first emperor.
Politics and protestNature and renewalPrideSource: Flag of BrazilShades and relatives of Mint cream
Mint cream is a tint of spring green, but much lighter. It can be confused with other pale greens or off-whites, but its slight greenish hue sets it apart from pure white or cream.
Colours that go with Mint cream
Harmonies are worked out from the value #F5FFFA. Contrast ratios follow the WCAG 2 formula.
Questions people ask about Mint cream
What colour is mint cream?
Mint cream is a very pale, pastel green, almost white, inspired by the interior of after-dinner mints.
Where does the name mint cream come from?
The name comes from the mint-flavoured buttercream centre of after-dinner mints, which is a pale green colour.
How is mint cream used?
Mint cream is mainly used as a web colour in digital design, valued for its soft, fresh appearance.
Good reading and sources
The facts on this page come from the Wikipedia article "Spring green" (the section "Mint cream"), written by its contributors and used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Rang rewrote the text in its own words, with AI assistance, and compares every page with the article to make sure no passage is copied. It may be reused under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence with a link back.
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