Nearest-color comparison

British Racing Green vs Charcoal Blue

British Racing Green and Charcoal Blue are different green and blue colors with HEX values #004225 and #263238. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 45.4, their contrast ratio is 1.13:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

British Racing Green and Charcoal Blue are visually related colors. British Racing Green is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.13:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

British Racing Green#004225

Charcoal Blue#263238

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between British Racing Green and Charcoal Blue across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance45.4

Pair contrast1.13:1

Luminance delta0.0105

Hue delta46 deg

Lighter colorBritish Racing Green

More saturatedBritish Racing Green

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

British Racing Green

British Racing Green is #004225, a cool green color with dark and jewel tone character. Compared with Charcoal Blue, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#004225 RGB0, 66, 37 HSL154, 100, 13 CMYK100, 0, 44, 74 Luminance0.0403 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

blue color

Charcoal Blue

Charcoal Blue is #263238, a cool blue color with dark character. Compared with British Racing Green, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#263238 RGB38, 50, 56 HSL200, 19, 18 CMYK32, 11, 0, 78 Luminance0.0298 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use British Racing Green or Charcoal Blue

Choose British Racing GreenBritish Racing Green is better when the design needs dark and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #004225.

Choose Charcoal BlueCharcoal Blue is better when the design needs dark blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #263238.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyBritish Racing GreenCharcoal Blue

HEX#004225#263238

RGB0, 66, 3738, 50, 56

HSL154, 100, 13200, 19, 18

CMYK100, 0, 44, 7432, 11, 0, 78

FamilyGreenBlue

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneDark, Jewel ToneDark

Luminance0.04030.0298

Black contrast1.81:11.6:1

White contrast11.63:113.16:1

Shared tonesDark

Accessibility and Contrast

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

British Racing Greenwhite text - 11.63:1

Charcoal Bluewhite text - 13.16:1

Related Palette Strip

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

British Racing Green#004225

Charcoal Blue#263238

#009E5A#009E5A

#4A626D#4A626D

#42001D#42001D

#372B25#372B25

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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    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
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    "luminance": 0.0403,
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      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 11.63
    },
    "description": "British Racing Green is #004225, a cool green color with dark and jewel tone character. Compared with Charcoal Blue, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/british-racing-green/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "charcoal-blue",
    "name": "Charcoal Blue",
    "hex": "#263238",
    "rgb": [
      38,
      50,
      56
    ],
    "hsl": [
      200,
      19,
      18
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      32,
      11,
      0,
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    "family": "blue",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "dark"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.0298,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 1.6,
      "white": 13.16
    },
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        "#FFFFFF",
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        "#FFFFFF",
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      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 13.16
    },
    "description": "Charcoal Blue is #263238, a cool blue color with dark character. Compared with British Racing Green, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/charcoal-blue/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/charcoal-blue.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1.13,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 46,
    "saturation": 81,
    "lightness": 5
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0105,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "dark"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "British Racing Green",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "British Racing Green"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.13,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "British Racing Green",
      "background": "#004225",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 11.63
    },
    {
      "color": "Charcoal Blue",
      "background": "#263238",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 13.16
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Charcoal Blue is better when the design needs dark blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #263238.",
  "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/colors/charcoal-blue.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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