{"datasetVersion":"1.0.0","slug":"safety-blue-vs-sea-blue","type":"nearest","name":"Safety Blue vs Sea Blue","verdict":"Safety Blue and Sea Blue are very close colors. Safety Blue 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":"Safety Blue and Sea Blue are different blue colors with HEX values #0067A5 and #006994. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 17.1, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.","rgbDistance":17.1,"contrastRatio":1.01,"colors":[{"slug":"safety-blue","name":"Safety Blue","hex":"#0067A5","rgb":[0,103,165],"hsl":[203,100,32],"cmyk":[100,38,0,35],"family":"blue","temperature":"cool","tone":["jewel-tone"],"luminance":0.1242,"contrast":{"black":3.48,"white":6.03},"wcag":{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]},"bestText":{"text":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":6.03},"description":"Safety Blue is #0067A5, a cool blue color with jewel tone character. Compared with Sea Blue, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, with white text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/safety-blue/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/safety-blue.json"},{"slug":"sea-blue","name":"Sea Blue","hex":"#006994","rgb":[0,105,148],"hsl":[197,100,29],"cmyk":[100,29,0,42],"family":"blue","temperature":"cool","tone":["jewel-tone"],"luminance":0.1224,"contrast":{"black":3.45,"white":6.09},"wcag":{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]},"bestText":{"text":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":6.09},"description":"Sea Blue is #006994, a cool blue color with jewel tone character. Compared with Safety Blue, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for interfaces, brand systems, and technical design, with white text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sea-blue/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sea-blue.json"}],"differences":{"rgbDistance":17.1,"contrastRatio":1.01,"hslDelta":{"hue":6,"saturation":0,"lightness":3},"luminanceDelta":0.0018,"sameFamily":true,"sameTemperature":true,"sharedTones":["jewel-tone"],"lighterColor":"Safety Blue","moreSaturatedColor":"Safety Blue"},"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":"Safety Blue","background":"#0067A5","foreground":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":6.03},{"color":"Sea Blue","background":"#006994","foreground":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":6.09}]},"useCases":{"chooseFirstWhen":"Safety Blue is better when the design needs jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #0067A5.","chooseSecondWhen":"Sea Blue is better when the design needs jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #006994.","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/safety-blue-vs-sea-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/safety-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sea-blue.json"],"url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/safety-blue-vs-sea-blue/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/safety-blue-vs-sea-blue.json"}