Nearest-color comparison

Byzantium vs Imperial Purple

Byzantium and Imperial Purple are different pink and purple colors with HEX values #702963 and #602F6B. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 18.9, their contrast ratio is 1.03:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Byzantium and Imperial Purple are very close colors. Byzantium is the lighter option. Byzantium reads warmer. Their mutual contrast is 1.03:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Byzantium#702963

Imperial Purple#602F6B

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Byzantium and Imperial Purple across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance18.9

Pair contrast1.03:1

Luminance delta0.0035

Hue delta22 deg

Lighter colorByzantium

More saturatedByzantium

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

pink color

Byzantium

Byzantium is #702963, a warm pink color with balanced character. Compared with Imperial Purple, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for beauty branding, creative systems, and premium accents, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#702963 RGB112, 41, 99 HSL311, 46, 30 CMYK0, 63, 12, 56 Luminance0.0593 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

purple color

Imperial Purple

Imperial Purple is #602F6B, a cool purple color with balanced character. Compared with Byzantium, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#602F6B RGB96, 47, 107 HSL289, 39, 30 CMYK10, 56, 0, 58 Luminance0.0558 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Byzantium or Imperial Purple

Choose ByzantiumByzantium is better when the design needs balanced pink character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #702963.

Choose Imperial PurpleImperial Purple is better when the design needs balanced purple character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #602F6B.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyByzantiumImperial Purple

HEX#702963#602F6B

RGB112, 41, 9996, 47, 107

HSL311, 46, 30289, 39, 30

CMYK0, 63, 12, 5610, 56, 0, 58

FamilyPinkPurple

TemperatureWarmCool

ToneBalancedBalanced

Luminance0.05930.0558

Black contrast2.19:12.12:1

White contrast9.61:19.92:1

Shared tonesBalanced

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Byzantiumwhite text - 9.61:1

Imperial Purplewhite text - 9.92:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Byzantium#702963

Imperial Purple#602F6B

#B3429E#B3429E

#994BAA#994BAA

#297036#297036

#3A6A2F#3A6A2F

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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    "slug": "imperial-purple",
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    },
    "description": "Imperial Purple is #602F6B, a cool purple color with balanced character. Compared with Byzantium, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
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Differences

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    "saturation": 7,
    "lightness": 0
  },
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  "sameTemperature": false,
  "sharedTones": [
    "balanced"
  ],
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  "moreSaturatedColor": "Byzantium"
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Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.03,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Byzantium",
      "background": "#702963",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 9.61
    },
    {
      "color": "Imperial Purple",
      "background": "#602F6B",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 9.92
    }
  ]
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Use cases

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  "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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Related API

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