Nearest-color comparison

Celadon vs Seafoam

Celadon and Seafoam are different green colors with HEX values #ACE1AF and #93E9BE. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 30.2, their contrast ratio is 1.04:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Celadon and Seafoam are visually related colors. Seafoam is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.04:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Celadon#ACE1AF

Seafoam#93E9BE

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Celadon and Seafoam across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance30.2

Pair contrast1.04:1

Luminance delta0.0248

Hue delta27 deg

Lighter colorSeafoam

More saturatedSeafoam

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Celadon

Celadon is #ACE1AF, a cool green color with balanced character. Compared with Seafoam, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#ACE1AF RGB172, 225, 175 HSL123, 47, 78 CMYK24, 0, 22, 12 Luminance0.6572 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Seafoam

Seafoam is #93E9BE, a cool green color with balanced character. Compared with Celadon, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#93E9BE RGB147, 233, 190 HSL150, 66, 75 CMYK37, 0, 18, 9 Luminance0.682 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Celadon or Seafoam

Choose CeladonCeladon is better when the design needs balanced green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #ACE1AF.

Choose SeafoamSeafoam is better when the design needs balanced green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #93E9BE.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyCeladonSeafoam

HEX#ACE1AF#93E9BE

RGB172, 225, 175147, 233, 190

HSL123, 47, 78150, 66, 75

CMYK24, 0, 22, 1237, 0, 18, 9

FamilyGreenGreen

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneBalancedBalanced

Luminance0.65720.682

Black contrast14.14:114.64:1

White contrast1.48:11.43:1

Shared tonesBalanced

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Celadonblack text - 14.14:1

Seafoamblack text - 14.64:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Celadon#ACE1AF

Seafoam#93E9BE

#F0FAF0#F0FAF0

#E1F9ED#E1F9ED

#E1ADDF#E1ADDF

#E995BF#E995BF

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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    },
    "description": "Seafoam is #93E9BE, a cool green color with balanced character. Compared with Celadon, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/seafoam/",
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Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1.04,
  "hslDelta": {
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    "saturation": 19,
    "lightness": 3
  },
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  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "balanced"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Seafoam",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Seafoam"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.04,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Celadon",
      "background": "#ACE1AF",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 14.14
    },
    {
      "color": "Seafoam",
      "background": "#93E9BE",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 14.64
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Seafoam is better when the design needs balanced green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #93E9BE.",
  "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/seafoam.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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