{"datasetVersion":"1.0.0","slug":"brown-vs-tool-red","type":"nearest","name":"Brown vs Tool Red","verdict":"Brown and Tool Red are visually related colors. Tool Red is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.01:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.","summary":"Brown and Tool Red are different red colors with HEX values #A52A2A and #B11226. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 27.1, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.","rgbDistance":27.1,"contrastRatio":1.01,"colors":[{"slug":"brown","name":"Brown","hex":"#A52A2A","rgb":[165,42,42],"hsl":[0,59,41],"cmyk":[0,75,75,35],"family":"red","temperature":"warm","tone":["balanced"],"luminance":0.0982,"contrast":{"black":2.96,"white":7.09},"wcag":{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF"]},"bestText":{"text":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":7.09},"description":"Brown is #A52A2A, a warm red color with balanced character. Compared with Tool Red, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with white text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/brown/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/brown.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 Brown, it is lighter 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/tool-red/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tool-red.json"}],"differences":{"rgbDistance":27.1,"contrastRatio":1.01,"hslDelta":{"hue":352,"saturation":23,"lightness":3},"luminanceDelta":0.001,"sameFamily":true,"sameTemperature":true,"sharedTones":[],"lighterColor":"Tool Red","moreSaturatedColor":"Tool Red"},"accessibility":{"pairContrastRatio":1.01,"textRecommendation":"Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.","safeText":[{"color":"Brown","background":"#A52A2A","foreground":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":7.09},{"color":"Tool Red","background":"#B11226","foreground":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":7.04}]},"useCases":{"chooseFirstWhen":"Brown is better when the design needs balanced red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #A52A2A.","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/brown-vs-tool-red.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/brown.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tool-red.json"],"url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/brown-vs-tool-red/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/brown-vs-tool-red.json"}