Nearest-color comparison
Duck Egg Blue #C3FBF4 vs Arctic Blue #C6E6FB: RGB distance 22.3 and contrast 1.14:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.
Duck Egg Blue and Arctic Blue are very close, with an RGB distance of 22.3. Duck Egg Blue is lighter by 0.1157, and Duck Egg Blue is more saturated by 1 percentage points. Their mutual contrast is 1.14:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.
The main measurable differences between Duck Egg Blue and Arctic Blue across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.
cyan color
Duck Egg Blue is #C3FBF4, a cool cyan with hue 173°, saturation 88% and luminance 0.8713. Beside Arctic Blue, it is lighter and more saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 18.43:1.
blue color
Arctic Blue is #C6E6FB, a cool blue with hue 204°, saturation 87% and luminance 0.7556. Beside Duck Egg Blue, it is darker and less saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 16.11:1.
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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