{"datasetVersion":"1.0.0","slug":"anodized-red-vs-tool-red","type":"nearest","name":"Anodized Red vs Tool Red","verdict":"Anodized Red and Tool Red are very close colors. Tool Red is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.04:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.","summary":"Anodized Red and Tool Red are different red colors with HEX values #B00020 and #B11226. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 19, their contrast ratio is 1.04:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.","rgbDistance":19,"contrastRatio":1.04,"colors":[{"slug":"anodized-red","name":"Anodized Red","hex":"#B00020","rgb":[176,0,32],"hsl":[349,100,35],"cmyk":[0,100,82,31],"family":"red","temperature":"warm","tone":["balanced"],"luminance":0.0933,"contrast":{"black":2.87,"white":7.33},"wcag":{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF"]},"bestText":{"text":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":7.33},"description":"Anodized Red is #B00020, a warm red color with balanced character. Compared with Tool Red, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, with white text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/anodized-red/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/anodized-red.json"},{"slug":"tool-red","name":"Tool Red","hex":"#B11226","rgb":[177,18,38],"hsl":[352,82,38],"cmyk":[0,90,79,31],"family":"red","temperature":"warm","tone":["vibrant"],"luminance":0.0992,"contrast":{"black":2.98,"white":7.04},"wcag":{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF"]},"bestText":{"text":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":7.04},"description":"Tool Red is #B11226, a warm red color with vibrant character. Compared with Anodized Red, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, with white text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/tool-red/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tool-red.json"}],"differences":{"rgbDistance":19,"contrastRatio":1.04,"hslDelta":{"hue":3,"saturation":18,"lightness":3},"luminanceDelta":0.0059,"sameFamily":true,"sameTemperature":true,"sharedTones":[],"lighterColor":"Tool Red","moreSaturatedColor":"Anodized Red"},"accessibility":{"pairContrastRatio":1.04,"textRecommendation":"Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.","safeText":[{"color":"Anodized Red","background":"#B00020","foreground":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":7.33},{"color":"Tool Red","background":"#B11226","foreground":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":7.04}]},"useCases":{"chooseFirstWhen":"Anodized Red is better when the design needs balanced red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B00020.","chooseSecondWhen":"Tool Red is better when the design needs vibrant red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B11226.","useTogetherWhen":"Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."},"relatedApi":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/anodized-red-vs-tool-red.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/anodized-red.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tool-red.json"],"url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/anodized-red-vs-tool-red/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/anodized-red-vs-tool-red.json"}