Dark Green vs Emerald Dark

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  "slug": "dark-green-vs-emerald-dark",
  "type": "nearest",
  "name": "Dark Green vs Emerald Dark",
  "verdict": "Dark Green and Emerald Dark are very close colors. Dark Green is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.01:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.",
  "summary": "Dark Green and Emerald Dark are different green colors with HEX values #006400 and #046307. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 8.1, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
  "rgbDistance": 8.1,
  "contrastRatio": 1.01,
  "colors": [
    {
      "slug": "dark-green",
      "name": "Dark Green",
      "hex": "#006400",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        100,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        120,
        100,
        20
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        100,
        0,
        100,
        61
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0911,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 2.82,
        "white": 7.44
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF"
        ]
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 7.44
      },
      "description": "Dark Green is #006400, a cool green color with dark and jewel tone character. Compared with Emerald Dark, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/dark-green/",
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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 Dark Green, it is darker 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": 8.1,
    "contrastRatio": 1.01,
    "hslDelta": {
      "hue": 2,
      "saturation": 8,
      "lightness": 0
    },
    "luminanceDelta": 0.0015,
    "sameFamily": true,
    "sameTemperature": true,
    "sharedTones": [
      "dark",
      "jewel-tone"
    ],
    "lighterColor": "Dark Green",
    "moreSaturatedColor": "Dark Green"
  },
  "accessibility": {
    "pairContrastRatio": 1.01,
    "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
    "safeText": [
      {
        "color": "Dark Green",
        "background": "#006400",
        "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 7.44
      },
      {
        "color": "Emerald Dark",
        "background": "#046307",
        "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 7.52
      }
    ]
  },
  "useCases": {
    "chooseFirstWhen": "Dark Green is better when the design needs dark and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #006400.",
    "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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