Nearest-color comparison
Dark Turquoise #00CED1 vs Robin Egg Blue #00CCCC: RGB distance 5.4 and contrast 1.02:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.
Dark Turquoise and Robin Egg Blue are very close, with an RGB distance of 5.4. Dark Turquoise is lighter by 0.012, and their saturation is equal. Their mutual contrast is 1.02:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.
The main measurable differences between Dark Turquoise and Robin Egg Blue across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.
cyan color
Dark Turquoise is #00CED1, a cool cyan with hue 181°, saturation 100% and luminance 0.4875. Beside Robin Egg Blue, it is lighter and equally saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 10.75:1.
cyan color
Robin Egg Blue is #00CCCC, a cool cyan with hue 180°, saturation 100% and luminance 0.4755. Beside Dark Turquoise, it is darker and equally saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 10.51:1.
Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.
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Colors Encyclopedia
colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and linksdifferencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributesaccessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each coloruseCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them togetherrelatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints[
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