{"datasetVersion":"1.0.0","slug":"epoxy-green-vs-cactus-green","type":"nearest","name":"Epoxy Green vs Cactus Green","verdict":"Epoxy Green and Cactus Green are visually related colors. Epoxy Green is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.3:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.","summary":"Epoxy Green and Cactus Green are different green colors with HEX values #4E8A57 and #587156. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 26.9, their contrast ratio is 1.3:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.","rgbDistance":26.9,"contrastRatio":1.3,"colors":[{"slug":"epoxy-green","name":"Epoxy Green","hex":"#4E8A57","rgb":[78,138,87],"hsl":[129,28,42],"cmyk":[43,0,37,46],"family":"green","temperature":"cool","tone":["muted","earth-tone"],"luminance":0.2048,"contrast":{"black":5.1,"white":4.12},"wcag":{"AA":["#000000"],"AAA":[]},"bestText":{"text":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":5.1},"description":"Epoxy Green is #4E8A57, a cool green color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Cactus Green, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/epoxy-green/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/epoxy-green.json"},{"slug":"cactus-green","name":"Cactus Green","hex":"#587156","rgb":[88,113,86],"hsl":[116,14,39],"cmyk":[22,0,24,56],"family":"green","temperature":"cool","tone":["muted","earth-tone"],"luminance":0.1456,"contrast":{"black":3.91,"white":5.37},"wcag":{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]},"bestText":{"text":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":5.37},"description":"Cactus Green is #587156, a cool green color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Epoxy Green, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with white text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/cactus-green/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cactus-green.json"}],"differences":{"rgbDistance":26.9,"contrastRatio":1.3,"hslDelta":{"hue":13,"saturation":14,"lightness":3},"luminanceDelta":0.0592,"sameFamily":true,"sameTemperature":true,"sharedTones":["muted","earth-tone"],"lighterColor":"Epoxy Green","moreSaturatedColor":"Epoxy Green"},"accessibility":{"pairContrastRatio":1.3,"textRecommendation":"Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.","safeText":[{"color":"Epoxy Green","background":"#4E8A57","foreground":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":5.1},{"color":"Cactus Green","background":"#587156","foreground":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":5.37}]},"useCases":{"chooseFirstWhen":"Epoxy Green is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #4E8A57.","chooseSecondWhen":"Cactus Green is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #587156.","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/epoxy-green-vs-cactus-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/epoxy-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cactus-green.json"],"url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/epoxy-green-vs-cactus-green/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/epoxy-green-vs-cactus-green.json"}