{"datasetVersion":"1.0.0","slug":"cobalt-violet-vs-dark-violet","type":"nearest","name":"Cobalt Violet vs Dark Violet","verdict":"Cobalt Violet and Dark Violet are visually related colors. Cobalt Violet is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.13:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.","summary":"Cobalt Violet and Dark Violet are different purple colors with HEX values #8F00FF and #9400D3. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 44.3, their contrast ratio is 1.13:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.","rgbDistance":44.3,"contrastRatio":1.13,"colors":[{"slug":"cobalt-violet","name":"Cobalt Violet","hex":"#8F00FF","rgb":[143,0,255],"hsl":[274,100,50],"cmyk":[44,100,0,0],"family":"purple","temperature":"cool","tone":["vibrant"],"luminance":0.1306,"contrast":{"black":3.61,"white":5.81},"wcag":{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]},"bestText":{"text":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":5.81},"description":"Cobalt Violet is #8F00FF, a cool purple color with vibrant character. Compared with Dark Violet, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with white text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/cobalt-violet/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cobalt-violet.json"},{"slug":"dark-violet","name":"Dark Violet","hex":"#9400D3","rgb":[148,0,211],"hsl":[282,100,41],"cmyk":[30,100,0,17],"family":"purple","temperature":"cool","tone":["vibrant","jewel-tone"],"luminance":0.11,"contrast":{"black":3.2,"white":6.56},"wcag":{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]},"bestText":{"text":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":6.56},"description":"Dark Violet is #9400D3, a cool purple color with vibrant and jewel tone character. Compared with Cobalt Violet, it is darker and similar in saturation. 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/dark-violet/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-violet.json"}],"differences":{"rgbDistance":44.3,"contrastRatio":1.13,"hslDelta":{"hue":8,"saturation":0,"lightness":9},"luminanceDelta":0.0206,"sameFamily":true,"sameTemperature":true,"sharedTones":["vibrant"],"lighterColor":"Cobalt Violet","moreSaturatedColor":"Cobalt Violet"},"accessibility":{"pairContrastRatio":1.13,"textRecommendation":"Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.","safeText":[{"color":"Cobalt Violet","background":"#8F00FF","foreground":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":5.81},{"color":"Dark Violet","background":"#9400D3","foreground":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":6.56}]},"useCases":{"chooseFirstWhen":"Cobalt Violet is better when the design needs vibrant purple character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #8F00FF.","chooseSecondWhen":"Dark Violet is better when the design needs vibrant and jewel tone purple character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #9400D3.","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/cobalt-violet-vs-dark-violet.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cobalt-violet.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-violet.json"],"url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/cobalt-violet-vs-dark-violet/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/cobalt-violet-vs-dark-violet.json"}