#C0E2C5Sugar Mint (#C0E2C5) is a very light, muted green with an OKLCH hue of 149°, lightness 0.88 and chroma 0.053. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #C0E2C5 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(192, 226, 197) |
| HSL | hsl(129, 37%, 82%) |
| HSV | hsv(129, 15%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(15%, 0%, 13%, 11%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(86.8 -16.6 10.5) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.880 0.053 149) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Sugar Mint shifts subtly: drifts toward yellow-green; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward blue-green. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#cbdcb8 — ΔE 2.1, shifts subtly: drifts toward yellow-green#c8e3c1 — ΔE 1.2, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow#c0e2c5 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#c0e3c8 — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward blue-greenTest Sugar Mint in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.41:1 and against black 14.93:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#dcfce0 · #c0e2c5 · #8eab92 · #6b846f · #49604d · #2a3d2e
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#c5f6df · #c0e2c5 · #b2cfa0 · #adb787 · #a6a073 · #9c8a63
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#c0e2c5 · #9cbfc1 · #7da483 · #3b888d · #45674b · #26494c
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#c0e2c5 · #b98eb5 · #69766b · #435946 · #283b2b · #121e14
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#c0e2c5 · #bfb8be · #7d857e · #514d51 · #1a221b · #020102
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#c0e2c5 · #90a192 · #314534 · #122817 · #000600 · #d772d1
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#c0e2c5 · #90a192 · #314534 · #122817 · #000600 · #f3b94d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#f3f8d2 · #c0e2c5 · #a8d192 · #c088ba · #3e3d60 · #120927
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#c0e2c5 · #c3b6c2 · #877ba2 · #6f3c4d · #251839 · #050001
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#c0e2c5 · #b5baca · #7481a7 · #723e36 · #39110d · #000008
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#c0e2c5 · #aebdc8 · #6188a3 · #653f62 · #341700 · #030003
#C8E6CC · #D0E9D3 · #D7EDDA · #DFF1E1 · #E7F4E9
#9AB99F · #77917B · #546C58 · #344838 · #17271A
#C5E0C9 · #CADECD · #CFDBD1
Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.