{"datasetVersion":"1.0.0","slug":"jade-vs-shamrock","type":"nearest","name":"Jade vs Shamrock","verdict":"Jade and Shamrock are very close colors. Jade is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.12:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.","summary":"Jade and Shamrock are different green colors with HEX values #00A86B and #009E60. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 14.9, their contrast ratio is 1.12:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.","rgbDistance":14.9,"contrastRatio":1.12,"colors":[{"slug":"jade","name":"Jade","hex":"#00A86B","rgb":[0,168,107],"hsl":[158,100,33],"cmyk":[100,0,36,34],"family":"green","temperature":"cool","tone":["jewel-tone"],"luminance":0.2907,"contrast":{"black":6.81,"white":3.08},"wcag":{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":[]},"bestText":{"text":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":6.81},"description":"Jade is #00A86B, a cool green color with jewel tone character. Compared with Shamrock, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/jade/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/jade.json"},{"slug":"shamrock","name":"Shamrock","hex":"#009E60","rgb":[0,158,96],"hsl":[156,100,31],"cmyk":[100,0,39,38],"family":"green","temperature":"cool","tone":["jewel-tone"],"luminance":0.253,"contrast":{"black":6.06,"white":3.47},"wcag":{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":[]},"bestText":{"text":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":6.06},"description":"Shamrock is #009E60, a cool green color with jewel tone character. Compared with Jade, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/shamrock/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/shamrock.json"}],"differences":{"rgbDistance":14.9,"contrastRatio":1.12,"hslDelta":{"hue":2,"saturation":0,"lightness":2},"luminanceDelta":0.0377,"sameFamily":true,"sameTemperature":true,"sharedTones":["jewel-tone"],"lighterColor":"Jade","moreSaturatedColor":"Jade"},"accessibility":{"pairContrastRatio":1.12,"textRecommendation":"Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.","safeText":[{"color":"Jade","background":"#00A86B","foreground":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":6.81},{"color":"Shamrock","background":"#009E60","foreground":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":6.06}]},"useCases":{"chooseFirstWhen":"Jade is better when the design needs jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #00A86B.","chooseSecondWhen":"Shamrock is better when the design needs jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #009E60.","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/jade-vs-shamrock.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/jade.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/shamrock.json"],"url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/jade-vs-shamrock/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/jade-vs-shamrock.json"}