Nearest-color comparison

Apricot vs Pastel Peach

Apricot and Pastel Peach are different orange colors with HEX values #FBCEB1 and #FFDAB9. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 15, their contrast ratio is 1.1:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Apricot and Pastel Peach are very close colors. Pastel Peach is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.1:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Apricot#FBCEB1

Pastel Peach#FFDAB9

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Apricot and Pastel Peach across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance15

Pair contrast1.1:1

Luminance delta0.0708

Hue delta4 deg

Lighter colorPastel Peach

More saturatedPastel Peach

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Apricot

Apricot is #FBCEB1, a warm orange color with pastel character. Compared with Pastel Peach, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FBCEB1 RGB251, 206, 177 HSL24, 90, 84 CMYK0, 18, 29, 2 Luminance0.6783 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Pastel Peach

Pastel Peach is #FFDAB9, a warm orange color with light and pastel character. Compared with Apricot, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FFDAB9 RGB255, 218, 185 HSL28, 100, 86 CMYK0, 15, 27, 0 Luminance0.7491 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Apricot or Pastel Peach

Choose ApricotApricot is better when the design needs pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FBCEB1.

Choose Pastel PeachPastel Peach is better when the design needs light and pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFDAB9.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyApricotPastel Peach

HEX#FBCEB1#FFDAB9

RGB251, 206, 177255, 218, 185

HSL24, 90, 8428, 100, 86

CMYK0, 18, 29, 20, 15, 27, 0

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

TonePastelLight, Pastel

Luminance0.67830.7491

Black contrast14.57:115.98:1

White contrast1.44:11.31:1

Shared tonesPastel

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Apricotblack text - 14.57:1

Pastel Peachblack text - 15.98:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Apricot#FBCEB1

Peach Puff#FFDAB9

White#FFFFFF

#B1DEFB#B1DEFB

#B8DEFF#B8DEFF

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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    },
    "description": "Pastel Peach is #FFDAB9, a warm orange color with light and pastel character. Compared with Apricot, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
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Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1.1,
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    "saturation": 10,
    "lightness": 2
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0708,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "pastel"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Pastel Peach",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Pastel Peach"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.1,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Apricot",
      "background": "#FBCEB1",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 14.57
    },
    {
      "color": "Pastel Peach",
      "background": "#FFDAB9",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
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    }
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Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Pastel Peach is better when the design needs light and pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFDAB9.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
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Related API

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Full JSON dataset

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