Fresh Mint: a mint green website color palette
Mint is cool and clean, popular with health, fintech and food brands. Keep mint for the page tint and highlight; a deep green-teal carries the actions and text.
#F0FAF5
Background
#FFFFFF
Surface
#12291F
Text
#15715A
Accent
#7FD8B4
Highlight
The palette as a real page
Make the first impression the one they remember.
The Fresh Mint palette set as a real page: #12291F text on #F0FAF5, every action in #15715A.
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Surface #FFFFFF keeps cards distinct from the page.
Contrast
- AaBody text on the page#12291F on #F0FAF514.4:1AAA
- AaBody text on cards#12291F on #FFFFFF15.4:1AAA
- AaAccent links and icons on the page#15715A on #F0FAF55.5:1AA
- AaHighlight on the page#7FD8B4 on #F0FAF5 · large text1.5:1Below AA
- AaPage color on an accent button#F0FAF5 on #15715A · large text5.5:1AA
AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; AAA needs 7:1. Check any pair in the contrast checker.
Copy the palette
:root {
--color-background: #F0FAF5;
--color-surface: #FFFFFF;
--color-text: #12291F;
--color-accent: #15715A;
--color-highlight: #7FD8B4;
}Every color and what it is for
| Role | HEX | RGB | HSL | Use it for | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AaBackground | #F0FAF5 | rgb(240, 250, 245) | hsl(150, 50%, 96%) | The page itself, behind everything. Text on it reads best in black. | About 60% |
| AaSurface | #FFFFFF | rgb(255, 255, 255) | hsl(0, 0%, 100%) | Cards, panels, the header and form fields, set apart from the page. Text on it reads best in black. | About 20 to 30% |
| AaText | #12291F | rgb(18, 41, 31) | hsl(154, 39%, 12%) | Headings and body copy: every word meant to be read. Text on it reads best in white. | All reading text |
| AaAccent | #15715A | rgb(21, 113, 90) | hsl(165, 69%, 26%) | Buttons, links and active states only, so the next action is always obvious. Text on it reads best in white. | About 10% |
| AaHighlight | #7FD8B4 | rgb(127, 216, 180) | hsl(156, 53%, 67%) | Small moments: badges, success states, a key number or tag. Text on it reads best in black. | A few percent |
The accent, from 50 to 900
Five colors cover the page; a real site also needs lighter and darker steps of the accent for hover states, tinted backgrounds, borders and focus rings. These are mixed from #15715A toward white and black, with 500 as the accent itself.
- 50
#F3F8F7 - 100
#DCEAE6 - 200
#ADCDC5 - 300
#7EB1A4 - 400
#48907E - 500
#15715A - 600
#12604D - 700
#0E4D3D - 800
#0B392D - 900
#07261F
@theme {
--color-accent-50: #F3F8F7;
--color-accent-100: #DCEAE6;
--color-accent-200: #ADCDC5;
--color-accent-300: #7EB1A4;
--color-accent-400: #48907E;
--color-accent-500: #15715A;
--color-accent-600: #12604D;
--color-accent-700: #0E4D3D;
--color-accent-800: #0B392D;
--color-accent-900: #07261F;
}More website color palettes
Questions, answered.
The things people ask before they start building.
What colors are best for a mint green website?
Mint is cool and clean, popular with health, fintech and food brands. Keep mint for the page tint and highlight; a deep green-teal carries the actions and text. The Fresh Mint palette uses #F0FAF5 for the page, #12291F for text, #15715A for actions and #7FD8B4 as a highlight.
Is the Fresh Mint palette accessible?
Body text scores 14.4:1 against the background, which passes WCAG AAA. Every pairing a site uses is scored on this page.
What are the hex codes for the Fresh Mint palette?
Background #F0FAF5, Surface #FFFFFF, Text #12291F, Accent #15715A, Highlight #7FD8B4. Every color is listed on this page in HEX, RGB and HSL, with CSS and Tailwind variables to copy.
How should I use these colors on a mint green website?
Use #F0FAF5 for about 60% of the page, #FFFFFF for cards and panels, #12291F for all reading text, and keep #15715A for buttons and links only, about 10% of the page, so actions stand out. Save #7FD8B4 for small details such as badges and success states.
Can an AI website builder pick a color palette for me?
Yes. Orlume (orlume.site) decides the palette, typography and layout for your brief in its design pass, before any code is written, then builds the site in React and Next.js and deploys it in one click.
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