Nearest-color comparison

Bottle Green vs Peacock Green

Bottle Green and Peacock Green are different green and cyan colors with HEX values #006A4E and #006D5B. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 13.3, their contrast ratio is 1.05:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Bottle Green and Peacock Green are very close colors. Peacock Green is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.05:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Bottle Green#006A4E

Peacock Green#006D5B

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Bottle Green and Peacock Green across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance13.3

Pair contrast1.05:1

Luminance delta0.0083

Hue delta6 deg

Lighter colorPeacock Green

More saturatedBottle Green

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Bottle Green

Bottle Green is #006A4E, a cool green color with dark and jewel tone character. Compared with Peacock Green, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#006A4E RGB0, 106, 78 HSL164, 100, 21 CMYK100, 0, 26, 58 Luminance0.1086 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

cyan color

Peacock Green

Peacock Green is #006D5B, a cool cyan color with dark character. Compared with Bottle Green, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#006D5B RGB0, 109, 91 HSL170, 100, 21 CMYK100, 0, 17, 57 Luminance0.1169 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Bottle Green or Peacock Green

Choose Bottle GreenBottle Green is better when the design needs dark and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #006A4E.

Choose Peacock GreenPeacock Green is better when the design needs dark cyan character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #006D5B.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyBottle GreenPeacock Green

HEX#006A4E#006D5B

RGB0, 106, 780, 109, 91

HSL164, 100, 21170, 100, 21

CMYK100, 0, 26, 58100, 0, 17, 57

FamilyGreenCyan

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneDark, Jewel ToneDark

Luminance0.10860.1169

Black contrast3.17:13.34:1

White contrast6.62:16.29:1

Shared tonesDark

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Bottle Greenwhite text - 6.62:1

Peacock Greenwhite text - 6.29:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Bottle Green#006A4E

Peacock Green#006D5B

#00C792#00C792

#00C7A6#00C7A6

#6B001D#6B001D

#6B0012#6B0012

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": "Peacock Green is #006D5B, a cool cyan color with dark character. Compared with Bottle Green, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
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Differences

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    "saturation": 0,
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  },
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  "sharedTones": [
    "dark"
  ],
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Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.05,
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  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Bottle Green",
      "background": "#006A4E",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 6.62
    },
    {
      "color": "Peacock Green",
      "background": "#006D5B",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
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    }
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Use cases

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Related API

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