Nearest-color comparison

Anodized Red vs Cranberry

Anodized Red and Cranberry are different red colors with HEX values #B00020 and #9F000F. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 24, their contrast ratio is 1.15:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Anodized Red and Cranberry are very close colors. Anodized Red is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.15:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Anodized Red#B00020

Cranberry#9F000F

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Anodized Red and Cranberry across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance24

Pair contrast1.15:1

Luminance delta0.0192

Hue delta5 deg

Lighter colorAnodized Red

More saturatedAnodized Red

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

red color

Anodized Red

Anodized Red is #B00020, a warm red color with balanced character. Compared with Cranberry, 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.

HEX#B00020 RGB176, 0, 32 HSL349, 100, 35 CMYK0, 100, 82, 31 Luminance0.0933 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

red color

Cranberry

Cranberry is #9F000F, a warm red color with balanced character. Compared with Anodized Red, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for branding accents, editorial palettes, and product design, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#9F000F RGB159, 0, 15 HSL354, 100, 31 CMYK0, 100, 91, 38 Luminance0.0741 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Anodized Red or Cranberry

Choose Anodized RedAnodized Red is better when the design needs balanced red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B00020.

Choose CranberryCranberry is better when the design needs balanced red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #9F000F.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyAnodized RedCranberry

HEX#B00020#9F000F

RGB176, 0, 32159, 0, 15

HSL349, 100, 35354, 100, 31

CMYK0, 100, 82, 310, 100, 91, 38

FamilyRedRed

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneBalancedBalanced

Luminance0.09330.0741

Black contrast2.87:12.48:1

White contrast7.33:18.46:1

Shared tonesBalanced

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Anodized Redwhite text - 7.33:1

Cranberrywhite text - 8.46:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Anodized Red#B00020

Cranberry#9F000F

#FF0F3B#FF0F3B

#FA0019#FA0019

#00B392#00B392

#009E8E#009E8E

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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      100,
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    "luminance": 0.0933,
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    },
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      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 7.33
    },
    "description": "Anodized Red is #B00020, a warm red color with balanced character. Compared with Cranberry, 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/anodized-red/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/anodized-red.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "cranberry",
    "name": "Cranberry",
    "hex": "#9F000F",
    "rgb": [
      159,
      0,
      15
    ],
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      354,
      100,
      31
    ],
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      0,
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      91,
      38
    ],
    "family": "red",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "balanced"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.0741,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 2.48,
      "white": 8.46
    },
    "wcag": {
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        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 8.46
    },
    "description": "Cranberry is #9F000F, a warm red color with balanced character. Compared with Anodized Red, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for branding accents, editorial palettes, and product design, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/cranberry/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cranberry.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 24,
  "contrastRatio": 1.15,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 5,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 4
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0192,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "balanced"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Anodized Red",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Anodized Red"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.15,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Anodized Red",
      "background": "#B00020",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 7.33
    },
    {
      "color": "Cranberry",
      "background": "#9F000F",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 8.46
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseFirstWhen": "Anodized Red is better when the design needs balanced red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B00020.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Cranberry is better when the design needs balanced red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #9F000F.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/anodized-red-vs-cranberry.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/anodized-red.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cranberry.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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