{"datasetVersion":"1.0.0","slug":"sea-green-vs-epoxy-green","type":"nearest","name":"Sea Green vs Epoxy Green","verdict":"Sea Green and Epoxy Green are visually related colors. Epoxy Green is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.03:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.","summary":"Sea Green and Epoxy Green are different green colors with HEX values #2E8B57 and #4E8A57. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 32, their contrast ratio is 1.03:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.","rgbDistance":32,"contrastRatio":1.03,"colors":[{"slug":"sea-green","name":"Sea Green","hex":"#2E8B57","rgb":[46,139,87],"hsl":[146,50,36],"cmyk":[67,0,37,45],"family":"green","temperature":"cool","tone":["earth-tone","jewel-tone"],"luminance":0.1973,"contrast":{"black":4.95,"white":4.25},"wcag":{"AA":["#000000"],"AAA":[]},"bestText":{"text":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":4.95},"description":"Sea Green is #2E8B57, a cool green color with earth tone and jewel tone character. Compared with Epoxy Green, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sea-green/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sea-green.json"},{"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 Sea Green, it is lighter and less 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"}],"differences":{"rgbDistance":32,"contrastRatio":1.03,"hslDelta":{"hue":17,"saturation":22,"lightness":6},"luminanceDelta":0.0075,"sameFamily":true,"sameTemperature":true,"sharedTones":["earth-tone"],"lighterColor":"Epoxy Green","moreSaturatedColor":"Sea Green"},"accessibility":{"pairContrastRatio":1.03,"textRecommendation":"Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.","safeText":[{"color":"Sea Green","background":"#2E8B57","foreground":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":4.95},{"color":"Epoxy Green","background":"#4E8A57","foreground":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":5.1}]},"useCases":{"chooseFirstWhen":"Sea Green is better when the design needs earth tone and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #2E8B57.","chooseSecondWhen":"Epoxy Green is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #4E8A57.","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/sea-green-vs-epoxy-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sea-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/epoxy-green.json"],"url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/sea-green-vs-epoxy-green/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/sea-green-vs-epoxy-green.json"}