{"datasetVersion":"1.0.0","slug":"moss-green-vs-agave","type":"nearest","name":"Moss Green vs Agave","verdict":"Moss Green and Agave are visually related colors. Moss Green is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.17:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.","summary":"Moss Green and Agave are different green colors with HEX values #8A9A5B and #6F8F72. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 37.1, their contrast ratio is 1.17:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.","rgbDistance":37.1,"contrastRatio":1.17,"colors":[{"slug":"moss-green","name":"Moss Green","hex":"#8A9A5B","rgb":[138,154,91],"hsl":[75,26,48],"cmyk":[10,0,41,40],"family":"green","temperature":"cool","tone":["muted","earth-tone"],"luminance":0.2927,"contrast":{"black":6.85,"white":3.06},"wcag":{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":[]},"bestText":{"text":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":6.85},"description":"Moss Green is #8A9A5B, a cool green color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Agave, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/moss-green/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/moss-green.json"},{"slug":"agave","name":"Agave","hex":"#6F8F72","rgb":[111,143,114],"hsl":[126,13,50],"cmyk":[22,0,20,44],"family":"green","temperature":"cool","tone":["muted","earth-tone"],"luminance":0.2424,"contrast":{"black":5.85,"white":3.59},"wcag":{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":[]},"bestText":{"text":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":5.85},"description":"Agave is #6F8F72, a cool green color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Moss Green, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/agave/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/agave.json"}],"differences":{"rgbDistance":37.1,"contrastRatio":1.17,"hslDelta":{"hue":51,"saturation":13,"lightness":2},"luminanceDelta":0.0503,"sameFamily":true,"sameTemperature":true,"sharedTones":["muted","earth-tone"],"lighterColor":"Moss Green","moreSaturatedColor":"Moss Green"},"accessibility":{"pairContrastRatio":1.17,"textRecommendation":"Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.","safeText":[{"color":"Moss Green","background":"#8A9A5B","foreground":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":6.85},{"color":"Agave","background":"#6F8F72","foreground":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":5.85}]},"useCases":{"chooseFirstWhen":"Moss Green is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #8A9A5B.","chooseSecondWhen":"Agave is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #6F8F72.","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/moss-green-vs-agave.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/moss-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/agave.json"],"url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/moss-green-vs-agave/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/moss-green-vs-agave.json"}