Emerald Dark vs Green

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  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "emerald-dark-vs-green",
  "type": "nearest",
  "name": "Emerald Dark vs Green",
  "verdict": "Emerald Dark and Green are visually related colors. Green is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.46:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.",
  "summary": "Emerald Dark and Green are different green colors with HEX values #046307 and #008000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 30.1, their contrast ratio is 1.46:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
  "rgbDistance": 30.1,
  "contrastRatio": 1.46,
  "colors": [
    {
      "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 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"
    },
    {
      "slug": "green",
      "name": "Green",
      "hex": "#008000",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        128,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        120,
        100,
        25
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        100,
        0,
        100,
        50
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1544,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.09,
        "white": 5.14
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 5.14
      },
      "description": "Green is #008000, a cool green color with 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/green/",
      "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/green.json"
    }
  ],
  "differences": {
    "rgbDistance": 30.1,
    "contrastRatio": 1.46,
    "hslDelta": {
      "hue": 2,
      "saturation": 8,
      "lightness": 5
    },
    "luminanceDelta": 0.0648,
    "sameFamily": true,
    "sameTemperature": true,
    "sharedTones": [
      "jewel-tone"
    ],
    "lighterColor": "Green",
    "moreSaturatedColor": "Green"
  },
  "accessibility": {
    "pairContrastRatio": 1.46,
    "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
    "safeText": [
      {
        "color": "Emerald Dark",
        "background": "#046307",
        "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 7.52
      },
      {
        "color": "Green",
        "background": "#008000",
        "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 5.14
      }
    ]
  },
  "useCases": {
    "chooseFirstWhen": "Emerald Dark is better when the design needs dark and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #046307.",
    "chooseSecondWhen": "Green is better when the design needs jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #008000.",
    "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
  },
  "relatedApi": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/emerald-dark-vs-green.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/emerald-dark.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/green.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/emerald-dark-vs-green/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/emerald-dark-vs-green.json"
}