Closest web-safe match: #66CC99

Color Details and Palettes for #75C197

Details about the color Minted Elegance#75C197

Conversions, palettes, contrast & design ideas for this color.

Emerald family Cool WCAG ink: dark
HEX #75C197 RGB rgb(117, 193, 151) HSL hsl(147, 38%, 61%) CMYK cmyk(39%, 0%, 22%, 24%)

Color profile

About Color Hex #75C197

#75C197 is a cool color from the Emerald family, closest in name to “Minted Elegance”. In RGB it is rgb(117, 193, 151); in HSL, hsl(147, 38%, 61%).

The color Minted Elegance, with hexadecimal code #75c197, resides within the green color family, the hue most connected to nature, growth, and renewal. Green soothes the eye more than any other color, making it ideal for wellness, sustainability, and financial brands. Additionally, it evokes emotions such as Softness, Delicacy, Calmness, Relaxation and Friendliness. Green is often linked to nature and growth universally, and in some cultures, it symbolizes fertility, renewal, and even immortality. In Islam, green holds significant religious meaning. With a moderate saturation of 38%, it has a softened, muted quality that lends sophistication and works well for backgrounds and secondary elements. At 61% lightness, it strikes an approachable, open balance—bright enough to feel welcoming yet substantial enough to carry visual weight. This color is ideal for designs that aim to express Softness, Delicacy, Calmness, Relaxation, or Friendliness. It can be effectively used in web design, branding, and marketing materials to attract attention and convey specific messages.

Key facts

RGB 117, 193, 151 red · green · blue HSL 147° 38% 61% hue · sat · light HSV 147° 39% 76% design-app pickers CMYK 39 0 22 24 print inks, % Luminance 0.442 0 dark → 1 light On black 9.83:1 ✓ AA contrast ratio On white 2.14:1 ✕ AA contrast ratio Web-safe #66CC99 closest web-safe Best text black ideal foreground Character Vivid cool · emerald family

The story of this color

History, Usage, Psychology & Design Ideas for #75C197

Minted Elegance (#75C197) belongs to the Emerald color family.

With moderate saturation and balanced lightness, this muted tone feels sophisticated and understated. Muted hues like this excel in editorial design, professional portfolios, and interior spaces that seek calm refinement.

Historical Background

Emerald green takes its name from the precious gemstone revered since at least 330 BC, when Cleopatra's emerald mines supplied the ancient world. Pantone named Emerald its Color of the Year for 2013, citing its associations with sophistication and renewal. Art Nouveau designers like Alphonse Mucha used emerald tones extensively, pairing them with gold to create their signature opulent aesthetic.

Design & Usage Tips

Emerald green conveys upscale elegance and is ideal for luxury brands, jewelry companies, and high-end hospitality. It pairs naturally with gold, brass, and cream for a rich, timeless palette. In web design, emerald buttons on a white background combine trust (green) with premium appeal.

Sitting on the cool side of the spectrum (hue 147°), it promotes a feeling of calm distance and intellectual clarity, which is why cool hues dominate corporate identities, healthcare design, and productivity tools. At 38% saturation, the color has a muted, sophisticated quality that pairs well with bolder accents. It works as a background, a border, or a secondary element in layered compositions.

Psychological Impact

Emerald feels aspirational and abundant—it suggests growth coupled with achievement. Unlike casual greens, emerald carries an air of refinement that makes it suitable for formal invitations, gala events, and exclusive product lines.

At 61% lightness, it reads clearly on dark backgrounds and provides a welcoming, open feel in light-themed designs—versatile across both contexts.

Creative Design Ideas

Use emerald as a dark background for product photography, allowing gold or white products to shine. Combine emerald tiles with marble textures for luxury real-estate branding. In fashion e-commerce, emerald category headers signal the premium collection.

Every format

#75C197 Color Conversions

Every way to write Minted Elegance — one-tap copy on every format; tap on any card to learn what it is and when to use it.

12 formats
HEX Web
#75C197

Hexadecimal is the web’s universal color notation — two digits each for red, green and blue. Drop it straight into HTML, CSS or any design tool.

RGB Screen
rgb(117, 193, 151)

RGB is the additive Red-Green-Blue model every screen uses to emit light. The default choice for websites, apps and on-screen UI.

HSL Web
hsl(147, 38%, 61%)

HSL breaks a color into Hue, Saturation and Lightness — the most intuitive way to lighten, darken or mute a color in CSS.

HSV HSB Design
hsv(147, 39%, 76%)

HSV (also called HSB) maps Hue, Saturation and Value/Brightness. It is the model behind the color pickers in Photoshop, Figma and most design apps.

HWB CSS 4
hwb(147 46% 24%)

HWB blends a pure hue with Whiteness and Blackness — a painter-friendly model added in CSS Color 4 for quick tints and shades.

CMYK Print
cmyk(39%, 0%, 22%, 24%)

CMYK is the subtractive Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black ink model. Use these values when preparing artwork for a printer or commercial press.

OKLCH Modern
oklch(74.97% 0.098 158.68)

OKLCH is a modern, perceptually-uniform space (Lightness, Chroma, Hue). It powers smooth gradients and accessible palettes in today’s CSS.

OKLab Modern
oklab(74.97% -0.091 0.036)

OKLab is the Cartesian form of OKLCH — ideal for blending and interpolating colors without the muddy midpoints older spaces produce.

CIELAB L*a*b* Perceptual
L: 72.33, a: -32.94, b: 13.85

CIELAB is a device-independent, perceptually-uniform space. It is the standard for measuring color difference (ΔE) and matching across devices.

LCH Perceptual
L: 72.33, C: 35.73, H: 157.19

LCH is CIELAB in cylindrical form — Lightness, Chroma and Hue — letting you adjust vividness and hue while staying perceptually even.

XYZ CIE Science
X: 31.99, Y: 44.16, Z: 36.12

CIE XYZ is the 1931 master space that underpins every other model here — the scientific bridge used to convert between color systems.

Decimal int Code
7717271

The 24-bit integer value of the color — handy for databases, APIs, game engines and low-level graphics code.

Channel breakdown

RGB Color Percentages for #75C197

How much red, green and blue light mixes into Minted Elegance.

Red 117/255 25.4% Green 193/255 41.9% Blue 151/255 32.8%

Percentages show each channel's share of the total light (R + G + B) in Minted Elegance.

Ink coverage

CMYK Ink Levels & Print Guide for #75C197

Ink needed to reproduce Minted Elegance in four-color print. Heaviest ink: Cyan.

39% CYAN 0% MAGENTA 22% YELLOW 24% KEY

Print tip: treat these values as a starting point — final output depends on printer profile, paper stock and calibration.

Accessibility · WCAG

Luminance & Contrast for #75C197

How bright Minted Elegance is, and how far black and white text clear each WCAG bar.

Relative luminance 0.442
0 · dark1 · light

Contrast ratio · 1:1 → 21:1 (log scale)

Aa Black text 9.83:1 ✓ AA ✓ AAA ✓ Large
Aa White text 2.14:1 ✕ AA ✕ AAA ✕ Large

Developer shortcuts

Quick CSS Snippets for #75C197

Copy-and-paste CSS for Minted Elegance — per-line copy, or grab the whole block.

minted-elegance.css
background-color: #75C197;
color: #75C197;
border: 2px solid #75C197;
background-color: rgb(117, 193, 151);
background-color: hsl(147, 38%, 61%);
--color: #75C197;

Shades · light to dark

#75C197 Monochrome Palette

Lighter and darker steps of Minted Elegance — the color's full brightness range in one strip.

#F1F9F5
#DDF0E5
#C8E6D5
#B3DDC6
#9ED4B6
#8ACAA7
#75C197
#63A480
#52876A
#406A53
#2F4D3C
#1D3026
#0C130F

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Harmony · 180° apart

#75C197 Complementary Palette

Two colors opposite on the wheel — maximum contrast for attention-grabbing accents.

#75C197
#C1769F

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Harmony · adjacent hues

#75C197 Analogic Palette

Neighboring hues on the wheel — harmonious, calm combinations that feel unified.

#75C197
#76C1BE
#7AC176
#769FC1
#9FC176
#767AC1
#C1BE76

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Harmony · 120° apart

#75C197 Triadic Palette

Three colors evenly spaced on the wheel — vibrant and energetic, yet balanced.

#75C197
#9876C1
#C19876

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Harmony · 90° apart

#75C197 Quad Palette

Four colors evenly spaced on the wheel (tetradic) — rich schemes with multiple accents.

#75C197
#767AC1
#C1769F
#C1BE76

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Accessibility

Color Blindness Simulation for #75C197

How Minted Elegance reads across five kinds of color vision — a ✓ Friendly verdict means the color difference stays distinguishable for that vision type.

#75C197
#928CA4
#9697A1
#79A9AB
#AEAEAE
Normal vision full color Deuteranopia green weakness ✕ Not friendly Protanopia red weakness ✕ Not friendly Tritanopia blue-yellow weakness ✓ Friendly Achromatopsia total color blindness ✕ Not friendly

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Harmony overview

Color Harmonies for #75C197

The lead color from each harmony scheme, side by side — a shortcut to the full palettes above.

#C1769F
#76C1BE
#9876C1
#767AC1
Complementary opposite hue Analogous adjacent hue Triadic 120° apart Tetradic (Quad) 90° apart

Perceptually nearby

#75C197 Nearby Colors

A step away in brightness, richness or shade — each still feels like the same color.

Irish Spring#88CCAA
Lily Pads#66AA88
Cabbage#99DDBB
Natural Orchestra#559977
Vegetation#66CC99
Neptune Green#88BB99
Sereni Teal#66BBAA
Dark Sea Green#88BB88

From the color-name library

Colors Similar to #75C197

The closest named colors to #75C197 — same mood, each with its own character.

Minted Elegance#6EC9A3
Crystal Gem#79D0A7
Neptune Green#7FBB9E
Bleached Olive#55BB88
Frog Pond#73B683
Irish Spring#90CCA3
Froggy Pond#7FBA9E
Vegetation#5CCD97
Lily Pads#6DB083
Celadon Porcelain#7EBEA5
Mermaid’s Kiss#59C8A5
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Inspiration

Explore Vibrant Images Featuring Minted Elegance (#75c197)

Curated Unsplash photos that carry the mood of Minted Elegance — hover any tile to download it or view the original.

Good to know

Frequently Asked Questions about #75C197

#75C197 is a cool color from the Emerald family. Its closest matched name is “Minted Elegance”, matched perceptually with the CIEDE2000 color-difference formula. In RGB it is rgb(117, 193, 151); in HSL, hsl(147, 38%, 61%).
In RGB, #75C197 is rgb(117, 193, 151); in HSL it is hsl(147, 38%, 61%); and in CMYK — the model used for print — it is cmyk(39%, 0%, 22%, 24%).
#75C197 has a contrast ratio of 9.83:1 against black and 2.14:1 against white. For readability, black body text meets the WCAG AA threshold of 4.5:1 on it, while white does not.
The direct complement of #75C197 is #C1769F (opposite on the color wheel). For ready-made combinations, this page includes monochrome, analogous, triadic and tetradic palettes built from #75C197 in the palette sections above.