Mint vs Seafoam

Mint and Seafoam are both greens, but they are not the same color: the measured difference between their classic values is ΔE 11.8, clearly different colors.

Mint

RGB: 152, 255, 152
HSL: 120, 100%, 80%
OKLCH: 91.3% 0.168 144.0

Temperature: neutral, leaning warm

Closest encyclopedia entry: Toxic Frog

Seafoam

RGB: 147, 233, 190
HSL: 150, 66%, 75%
OKLCH: 86.8% 0.104 161.5

Temperature: neutral, leaning cool

Closest encyclopedia entry: Ultra Mint

Measured difference: ΔE 11.8 · clearly different colors. ΔE is a measure of perceived color difference; below 2.3 most people can't tell colors apart.

Guide

How to tell Mint and Seafoam apart

1 Mint is measurably lighter (5 points of OKLCH lightness). Squint: the one that survives is Seafoam.
2 Mint carries more chroma, so it reads more saturated. Seafoam looks grayer in direct comparison.
3 Temperature splits them: Mint reads neutral, leaning warm while Seafoam reads neutral, leaning cool.
4 Their hues sit 17 degrees apart on the wheel. Put them on white side by side and the hue gap is the first thing you see.

Guide

When to use which

Mint is a surface color: it needs a dark background before it can carry text.

Seafoam is a surface color: it needs a dark background before it can carry text.

Palettes

Their palettes, side by side

Mint complementary palette

Seafoam complementary palette

Mint analogous palette

Seafoam analogous palette

FAQ

FAQs

Are Mint and Seafoam the same color?

No. Using their classic reference values, they differ by ΔE 11.8 (a measure of perceived color difference; below 2.3 most people can't tell colors apart). That makes them clearly different colors.

Which is darker, Mint or Seafoam?

Seafoam is darker: 5 points lower in OKLCH lightness than Mint.