What color is #AFFFD5?

#AFFFD5 is a very light, vivid green known as Mintastic. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Mintastic?

The RGB value is 175, 255, 213: 175 red, 255 green and 213 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Mintastic?

The complementary color is #FFAFD9, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #AFFFD5?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 18.09:1 and white text 1.16:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Mintastic color: hex code #AFFFD5

#AFFFD5 rgb(175, 255, 213)

Shades of green

Mintastic has the hex code #AFFFD5. It is a very light, vivid green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 68.6% red, 100% green and 83.5% blue (175, 255, 213).

Its hue angle is 149°, with 100% saturation and 84% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 31% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 18.09:1).

Mintastic (#AFFFD5) color codes

HEX	`#AFFFD5`
RGB	`rgb(175, 255, 213)`
RGB percent	`rgb(68.6%, 100%, 83.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(149, 100%, 84%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(149, 31%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(31%, 0%, 16%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(94.07, -32.92, 12.38)`
CIE LCH	`lch(94.07, 35.17, 159.39)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(65.445, 85.435, 75.98)`
Decimal	`11534293`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Mintastic, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #AFFFD5	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	18.09:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.16:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#AFFFD5 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.16:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	18.09:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #AFFFD5 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #afffd5; }
.text { color: #afffd5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #afffd5; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(175 255 213 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #afffd5, #affffd); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #AFFFD5 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #AFFFD5?: #AFFFD5 is a very light, vivid green known as Mintastic. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Mintastic?: The RGB value is 175, 255, 213: 175 red, 255 green and 213 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Mintastic?: The complementary color is #FFAFD9, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #AFFFD5?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 18.09:1 and white text 1.16:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.