Nearest-color comparison
Ivory #FFFFF0 vs Powder Coat White #F8F8F2: RGB distance 10.1 and contrast 1.06:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.
Ivory and Powder Coat White are very close, with an RGB distance of 10.1. Ivory is lighter by 0.0557, and Ivory is more saturated by 70 percentage points. Their mutual contrast is 1.06:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.
The main measurable differences between Ivory and Powder Coat White across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.
yellow color
Ivory is #FFFFF0, a warm yellow with hue 60°, saturation 100% and luminance 0.9907. Beside Powder Coat White, it is lighter and more saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 20.81:1.
yellow color
Powder Coat White is #F8F8F2, a warm yellow with hue 60°, saturation 30% and luminance 0.935. Beside Ivory, it is darker and less saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 19.7:1.
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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