British Racing Green vs Emerald Dark

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  "slug": "british-racing-green-vs-emerald-dark",
  "type": "nearest",
  "name": "British Racing Green vs Emerald Dark",
  "verdict": "British Racing Green and Emerald Dark are visually related colors. Emerald Dark is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.55:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.",
  "summary": "British Racing Green and Emerald Dark are different green colors with HEX values #004225 and #046307. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 44.8, their contrast ratio is 1.55:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
  "rgbDistance": 44.8,
  "contrastRatio": 1.55,
  "colors": [
    {
      "slug": "british-racing-green",
      "name": "British Racing Green",
      "hex": "#004225",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        66,
        37
      ],
      "hsl": [
        154,
        100,
        13
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        100,
        0,
        44,
        74
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0403,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1.81,
        "white": 11.63
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "bestText": {
        "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 Emerald Dark, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
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    },
    {
      "slug": "emerald-dark",
      "name": "Emerald Dark",
      "hex": "#046307",
      "rgb": [
        4,
        99,
        7
      ],
      "hsl": [
        122,
        92,
        20
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        96,
        0,
        93,
        61
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0896,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 2.79,
        "white": 7.52
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF"
        ]
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 7.52
      },
      "description": "Emerald Dark is #046307, a cool green color with dark and jewel tone character. Compared with British Racing Green, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/emerald-dark/",
      "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/emerald-dark.json"
    }
  ],
  "differences": {
    "rgbDistance": 44.8,
    "contrastRatio": 1.55,
    "hslDelta": {
      "hue": 32,
      "saturation": 8,
      "lightness": 7
    },
    "luminanceDelta": 0.0493,
    "sameFamily": true,
    "sameTemperature": true,
    "sharedTones": [
      "dark",
      "jewel-tone"
    ],
    "lighterColor": "Emerald Dark",
    "moreSaturatedColor": "British Racing Green"
  },
  "accessibility": {
    "pairContrastRatio": 1.55,
    "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": "Emerald Dark",
        "background": "#046307",
        "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 7.52
      }
    ]
  },
  "useCases": {
    "chooseFirstWhen": "British Racing Green is better when the design needs dark and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #004225.",
    "chooseSecondWhen": "Emerald Dark is better when the design needs dark and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #046307.",
    "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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