Nearest-color comparison

Chartreuse vs Toxic Green

Chartreuse and Toxic Green are different green colors with HEX values #7FFF00 and #61DE2A. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 61.3, their contrast ratio is 1.35:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Chartreuse and Toxic Green are visually related colors. Chartreuse is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.35:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Chartreuse#7FFF00

Toxic Green#61DE2A

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Chartreuse and Toxic Green across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance61.3

Pair contrast1.35:1

Luminance delta0.2108

Hue delta12 deg

Lighter colorChartreuse

More saturatedChartreuse

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Chartreuse

Chartreuse is #7FFF00, a cool green color with vibrant character. Compared with Toxic Green, 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#7FFF00 RGB127, 255, 0 HSL90, 100, 50 CMYK50, 0, 100, 0 Luminance0.7603 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Toxic Green

Toxic Green is #61DE2A, a cool green color with vibrant character. Compared with Chartreuse, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for neon accents, event graphics, and high-energy digital design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#61DE2A RGB97, 222, 42 HSL102, 73, 52 CMYK56, 0, 81, 13 Luminance0.5495 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Chartreuse or Toxic Green

Choose ChartreuseChartreuse is better when the design needs vibrant green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #7FFF00.

Choose Toxic GreenToxic Green is better when the design needs vibrant green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #61DE2A.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyChartreuseToxic Green

HEX#7FFF00#61DE2A

RGB127, 255, 097, 222, 42

HSL90, 100, 50102, 73, 52

CMYK50, 0, 100, 056, 0, 81, 13

FamilyGreenGreen

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneVibrantVibrant

Luminance0.76030.5495

Black contrast16.21:111.99:1

White contrast1.3:11.75:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Chartreuseblack text - 16.21:1

Toxic Greenblack text - 11.99:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Chartreuse#7FFF00

Toxic Green#61DE2A

#ADFF5C#ADFF5C

#9CEA7B#9CEA7B

#7F00FF#7F00FF

#A82BDE#A82BDE

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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      "label": "black text",
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    },
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  },
  {
    "slug": "toxic-green",
    "name": "Toxic Green",
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    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
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    },
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    "bestText": {
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      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 11.99
    },
    "description": "Toxic Green is #61DE2A, a cool green color with vibrant character. Compared with Chartreuse, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for neon accents, event graphics, and high-energy digital design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/toxic-green/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/toxic-green.json"
  }
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Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 61.3,
  "contrastRatio": 1.35,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 12,
    "saturation": 27,
    "lightness": 2
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.2108,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "vibrant"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Chartreuse",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Chartreuse"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.35,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Chartreuse",
      "background": "#7FFF00",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 16.21
    },
    {
      "color": "Toxic Green",
      "background": "#61DE2A",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 11.99
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Toxic Green is better when the design needs vibrant green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #61DE2A.",
  "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/toxic-green.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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