Nearest-color comparison

Cadet Blue vs Light Slate Grey

Cadet Blue and Light Slate Grey are different cyan and blue colors with HEX values #5F9EA0 and #778899. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 33.3, their contrast ratio is 1.19:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Cadet Blue and Light Slate Grey are visually related colors. Cadet Blue is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.19:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Cadet Blue#5F9EA0

Light Slate Grey#778899

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Cadet Blue and Light Slate Grey across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance33.3

Pair contrast1.19:1

Luminance delta0.0559

Hue delta28 deg

Lighter colorCadet Blue

More saturatedCadet Blue

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

cyan color

Cadet Blue

Cadet Blue is #5F9EA0, a cool cyan color with muted character. Compared with Light Slate Grey, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#5F9EA0 RGB95, 158, 160 HSL182, 25, 50 CMYK41, 1, 0, 37 Luminance0.2942 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

blue color

Light Slate Grey

Light Slate Grey is #778899, a cool blue color with muted character. Compared with Cadet Blue, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#778899 RGB119, 136, 153 HSL210, 14, 53 CMYK22, 11, 0, 40 Luminance0.2383 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Cadet Blue or Light Slate Grey

Choose Cadet BlueCadet Blue is better when the design needs muted cyan character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #5F9EA0.

Choose Light Slate GreyLight Slate Grey is better when the design needs muted blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #778899.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyCadet BlueLight Slate Grey

HEX#5F9EA0#778899

RGB95, 158, 160119, 136, 153

HSL182, 25, 50210, 14, 53

CMYK41, 1, 0, 3722, 11, 0, 40

FamilyCyanBlue

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneMutedMuted

Luminance0.29420.2383

Black contrast6.88:15.77:1

White contrast3.05:13.64:1

Shared tonesMuted

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Cadet Blueblack text - 6.88:1

Light Slate Greyblack text - 5.77:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Cadet Blue#5F9EA0

Light Slate Grey#778899

#99C0C2#99C0C2

#ABB5BF#ABB5BF

#9F6260#9F6260

#988776#988776

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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    },
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      "label": "black text",
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    },
    "description": "Cadet Blue is #5F9EA0, a cool cyan color with muted character. Compared with Light Slate Grey, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "light-slate-grey",
    "name": "Light Slate Grey",
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      119,
      136,
      153
    ],
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      14,
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      22,
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      0,
      40
    ],
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    ],
    "luminance": 0.2383,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 5.77,
      "white": 3.64
    },
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        "#000000",
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    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 5.77
    },
    "description": "Light Slate Grey is #778899, a cool blue color with muted character. Compared with Cadet Blue, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/light-slate-grey/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-slate-grey.json"
  }
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Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1.19,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 28,
    "saturation": 11,
    "lightness": 3
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0559,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "muted"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Cadet Blue",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Cadet Blue"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.19,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Cadet Blue",
      "background": "#5F9EA0",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 6.88
    },
    {
      "color": "Light Slate Grey",
      "background": "#778899",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 5.77
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Light Slate Grey is better when the design needs muted blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #778899.",
  "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/cadet-blue-vs-light-slate-grey.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cadet-blue.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-slate-grey.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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