Nearest-color comparison

Enamel Blue vs Safety Blue

Enamel Blue and Safety Blue are different blue colors with HEX values #0067A0 and #0067A5. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 5, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Enamel Blue and Safety Blue are very close colors. Safety Blue 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.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Enamel Blue#0067A0

Safety Blue#0067A5

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Enamel Blue and Safety Blue across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance5

Pair contrast1.01:1

Luminance delta0.0018

Hue delta2 deg

Lighter colorSafety Blue

More saturatedEnamel Blue

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

blue color

Enamel Blue

Enamel Blue is #0067A0, a cool blue color with jewel tone character. Compared with Safety Blue, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#0067A0 RGB0, 103, 160 HSL201, 100, 31 CMYK100, 36, 0, 37 Luminance0.1224 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

blue color

Safety Blue

Safety Blue is #0067A5, a cool blue color with jewel tone character. Compared with Enamel Blue, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#0067A5 RGB0, 103, 165 HSL203, 100, 32 CMYK100, 38, 0, 35 Luminance0.1242 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Enamel Blue or Safety Blue

Choose Enamel BlueEnamel Blue is better when the design needs jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #0067A0.

Choose Safety BlueSafety Blue is better when the design needs jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #0067A5.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyEnamel BlueSafety Blue

HEX#0067A0#0067A5

RGB0, 103, 1600, 103, 165

HSL201, 100, 31203, 100, 32

CMYK100, 36, 0, 37100, 38, 0, 35

FamilyBlueBlue

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneJewel ToneJewel Tone

Luminance0.12240.1242

Black contrast3.45:13.48:1

White contrast6.09:16.03:1

Shared tonesJewel Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Enamel Bluewhite text - 6.09:1

Safety Bluewhite text - 6.03:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Enamel Blue#0067A0

Safety Blue#0067A5

#00A2FA#00A2FA

#009DFF#009DFF

#9E3700#9E3700

#A33F00#A33F00

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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    },
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  {
    "slug": "safety-blue",
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    "contrast": {
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    },
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    },
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    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/safety-blue/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/safety-blue.json"
  }
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Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1.01,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 2,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 1
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0018,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "jewel-tone"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Safety Blue",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Enamel Blue"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.01,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Enamel Blue",
      "background": "#0067A0",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 6.09
    },
    {
      "color": "Safety Blue",
      "background": "#0067A5",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 6.03
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Safety Blue is better when the design needs jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #0067A5.",
  "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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Full JSON dataset

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