Nearest-color comparison

Avocado vs Fern Frond

Avocado and Fern Frond are different green colors with HEX values #568203 and #657220. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 36.4, their contrast ratio is 1.15:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Avocado and Fern Frond are visually related colors. Avocado 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

Avocado#568203

Fern Frond#657220

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Avocado and Fern Frond across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance36.4

Pair contrast1.15:1

Luminance delta0.0304

Hue delta11 deg

Lighter colorAvocado

More saturatedAvocado

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Avocado

Avocado is #568203, a cool green color with jewel tone character. Compared with Fern Frond, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#568203 RGB86, 130, 3 HSL81, 95, 26 CMYK34, 0, 98, 49 Luminance0.1795 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Fern Frond

Fern Frond is #657220, a cool green color with earth tone and jewel tone character. Compared with Avocado, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#657220 RGB101, 114, 32 HSL70, 56, 29 CMYK11, 0, 72, 55 Luminance0.1491 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Avocado or Fern Frond

Choose AvocadoAvocado is better when the design needs jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #568203.

Choose Fern FrondFern Frond is better when the design needs earth tone and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #657220.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyAvocadoFern Frond

HEX#568203#657220

RGB86, 130, 3101, 114, 32

HSL81, 95, 2670, 56, 29

CMYK34, 0, 98, 4911, 0, 72, 55

FamilyGreenGreen

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneJewel ToneEarth Tone, Jewel Tone

Luminance0.17950.1491

Black contrast4.59:13.98:1

White contrast4.58:15.27:1

Shared tonesJewel Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Avocadoblack text - 4.59:1

Fern Frondwhite text - 5.27:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Avocado#568203

Fern Frond#657220

#90DB06#90DB06

#A5BB35#A5BB35

#2F0381#2F0381

#2E2173#2E2173

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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      95,
      26
    ],
    "cmyk": [
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      49
    ],
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    "temperature": "cool",
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    },
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    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 4.59
    },
    "description": "Avocado is #568203, a cool green color with jewel tone character. Compared with Fern Frond, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/avocado/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/avocado.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "fern-frond",
    "name": "Fern Frond",
    "hex": "#657220",
    "rgb": [
      101,
      114,
      32
    ],
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      70,
      56,
      29
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      11,
      0,
      72,
      55
    ],
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    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "earth-tone",
      "jewel-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.1491,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 3.98,
      "white": 5.27
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#FFFFFF",
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      ],
      "AAA": []
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 5.27
    },
    "description": "Fern Frond is #657220, a cool green color with earth tone and jewel tone character. Compared with Avocado, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/fern-frond/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/fern-frond.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 36.4,
  "contrastRatio": 1.15,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 11,
    "saturation": 39,
    "lightness": 3
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0304,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "jewel-tone"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Avocado",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Avocado"
}

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": "Avocado",
      "background": "#568203",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 4.59
    },
    {
      "color": "Fern Frond",
      "background": "#657220",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 5.27
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseFirstWhen": "Avocado is better when the design needs jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #568203.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Fern Frond is better when the design needs earth tone and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #657220.",
  "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/avocado-vs-fern-frond.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/avocado.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/fern-frond.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/fern-frond/",
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