Hookers Green vs Storm Blue

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  "slug": "hookers-green-vs-storm-blue",
  "type": "nearest",
  "name": "Hookers Green vs Storm Blue",
  "verdict": "Hookers Green and Storm Blue are very close colors. Hookers Green is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.23:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.",
  "summary": "Hookers Green and Storm Blue are different green and cyan colors with HEX values #49796B and #4F666A. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 19.9, their contrast ratio is 1.23:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
  "rgbDistance": 19.9,
  "contrastRatio": 1.23,
  "colors": [
    {
      "slug": "hookers-green",
      "name": "Hookers Green",
      "hex": "#49796B",
      "rgb": [
        73,
        121,
        107
      ],
      "hsl": [
        163,
        25,
        38
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        40,
        0,
        12,
        53
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "muted",
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1615,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.23,
        "white": 4.96
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 4.96
      },
      "description": "Hookers Green is #49796B, a cool green color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Storm Blue, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/hookers-green/",
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    },
    {
      "slug": "storm-blue",
      "name": "Storm Blue",
      "hex": "#4F666A",
      "rgb": [
        79,
        102,
        106
      ],
      "hsl": [
        189,
        15,
        36
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        25,
        4,
        0,
        58
      ],
      "family": "cyan",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1221,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 3.44,
        "white": 6.1
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 6.1
      },
      "description": "Storm Blue is #4F666A, a cool cyan color with muted character. Compared with Hookers Green, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for interfaces, brand systems, and technical design, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/storm-blue/",
      "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/storm-blue.json"
    }
  ],
  "differences": {
    "rgbDistance": 19.9,
    "contrastRatio": 1.23,
    "hslDelta": {
      "hue": 26,
      "saturation": 10,
      "lightness": 2
    },
    "luminanceDelta": 0.0394,
    "sameFamily": false,
    "sameTemperature": true,
    "sharedTones": [
      "muted"
    ],
    "lighterColor": "Hookers Green",
    "moreSaturatedColor": "Hookers Green"
  },
  "accessibility": {
    "pairContrastRatio": 1.23,
    "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
    "safeText": [
      {
        "color": "Hookers Green",
        "background": "#49796B",
        "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 4.96
      },
      {
        "color": "Storm Blue",
        "background": "#4F666A",
        "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 6.1
      }
    ]
  },
  "useCases": {
    "chooseFirstWhen": "Hookers Green is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #49796B.",
    "chooseSecondWhen": "Storm Blue is better when the design needs muted cyan character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #4F666A.",
    "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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