Nearest-color comparison

Aquamarine vs Seafoam

Aquamarine and Seafoam are different green colors with HEX values #7FFFD4 and #93E9BE. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 37, their contrast ratio is 1.17:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Aquamarine and Seafoam are visually related colors. Aquamarine is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.17:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Aquamarine#7FFFD4

Seafoam#93E9BE

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Aquamarine and Seafoam across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance37

Pair contrast1.17:1

Luminance delta0.1259

Hue delta10 deg

Lighter colorAquamarine

More saturatedAquamarine

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Aquamarine

Aquamarine is #7FFFD4, a cool green color with pastel character. Compared with Seafoam, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#7FFFD4 RGB127, 255, 212 HSL160, 100, 75 CMYK50, 0, 17, 0 Luminance0.8079 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Seafoam

Seafoam is #93E9BE, a cool green color with balanced character. Compared with Aquamarine, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#93E9BE RGB147, 233, 190 HSL150, 66, 75 CMYK37, 0, 18, 9 Luminance0.682 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Aquamarine or Seafoam

Choose AquamarineAquamarine is better when the design needs pastel green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #7FFFD4.

Choose SeafoamSeafoam is better when the design needs balanced green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #93E9BE.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyAquamarineSeafoam

HEX#7FFFD4#93E9BE

RGB127, 255, 212147, 233, 190

HSL160, 100, 75150, 66, 75

CMYK50, 0, 17, 037, 0, 18, 9

FamilyGreenGreen

TemperatureCoolCool

TonePastelBalanced

Luminance0.80790.682

Black contrast17.16:114.64:1

White contrast1.22:11.43:1

Shared tonesNone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Aquamarineblack text - 17.16:1

Seafoamblack text - 14.64:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Aquamarine#7FFFD4

Seafoam#93E9BE

#DBFFF3#DBFFF3

#E1F9ED#E1F9ED

#FF80AA#FF80AA

#E995BF#E995BF

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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Differences

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    "saturation": 34,
    "lightness": 0
  },
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  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [],
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  "moreSaturatedColor": "Aquamarine"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.17,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Aquamarine",
      "background": "#7FFFD4",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 17.16
    },
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      "color": "Seafoam",
      "background": "#93E9BE",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 14.64
    }
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Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Seafoam is better when the design needs balanced green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #93E9BE.",
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Related API

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