{"datasetVersion":"1.0.0","slug":"zaffre-vs-smalt","type":"nearest","name":"Zaffre vs Smalt","verdict":"Zaffre and Smalt are visually related colors. Smalt is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.16:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.","summary":"Zaffre and Smalt are different blue colors with HEX values #0014A8 and #003399. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 34.4, their contrast ratio is 1.16:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.","rgbDistance":34.4,"contrastRatio":1.16,"colors":[{"slug":"zaffre","name":"Zaffre","hex":"#0014A8","rgb":[0,20,168],"hsl":[233,100,33],"cmyk":[100,88,0,34],"family":"blue","temperature":"cool","tone":["jewel-tone"],"luminance":0.0333,"contrast":{"black":1.67,"white":12.61},"wcag":{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},"bestText":{"text":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":12.61},"description":"Zaffre is #0014A8, a cool blue color with jewel tone character. Compared with Smalt, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with white text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/zaffre/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/zaffre.json"},{"slug":"smalt","name":"Smalt","hex":"#003399","rgb":[0,51,153],"hsl":[220,100,30],"cmyk":[100,67,0,40],"family":"blue","temperature":"cool","tone":["jewel-tone"],"luminance":0.0467,"contrast":{"black":1.93,"white":10.86},"wcag":{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},"bestText":{"text":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":10.86},"description":"Smalt is #003399, a cool blue color with jewel tone character. Compared with Zaffre, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with white text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/smalt/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/smalt.json"}],"differences":{"rgbDistance":34.4,"contrastRatio":1.16,"hslDelta":{"hue":13,"saturation":0,"lightness":3},"luminanceDelta":0.0134,"sameFamily":true,"sameTemperature":true,"sharedTones":["jewel-tone"],"lighterColor":"Smalt","moreSaturatedColor":"Zaffre"},"accessibility":{"pairContrastRatio":1.16,"textRecommendation":"Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.","safeText":[{"color":"Zaffre","background":"#0014A8","foreground":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":12.61},{"color":"Smalt","background":"#003399","foreground":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":10.86}]},"useCases":{"chooseFirstWhen":"Zaffre is better when the design needs jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #0014A8.","chooseSecondWhen":"Smalt is better when the design needs jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #003399.","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/zaffre-vs-smalt.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/zaffre.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/smalt.json"],"url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/zaffre-vs-smalt/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/zaffre-vs-smalt.json"}