Nearest-color comparison

Kelly Green vs Toxic Green

Kelly Green and Toxic Green are different green colors with HEX values #4CBB17 and #61DE2A. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 45, their contrast ratio is 1.42:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Kelly Green and Toxic Green are visually related colors. Toxic Green is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.42:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Kelly Green#4CBB17

Toxic Green#61DE2A

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Kelly Green and Toxic Green across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance45

Pair contrast1.42:1

Luminance delta0.1781

Hue delta1 deg

Lighter colorToxic Green

More saturatedKelly Green

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Kelly Green

Kelly Green is #4CBB17, a cool green color with vibrant and jewel tone character. Compared with Toxic Green, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#4CBB17 RGB76, 187, 23 HSL101, 78, 41 CMYK59, 0, 88, 27 Luminance0.3714 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Toxic Green

Toxic Green is #61DE2A, a cool green color with vibrant character. Compared with Kelly Green, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for neon accents, event graphics, and high-energy digital design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#61DE2A RGB97, 222, 42 HSL102, 73, 52 CMYK56, 0, 81, 13 Luminance0.5495 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Kelly Green or Toxic Green

Choose Kelly GreenKelly Green is better when the design needs vibrant and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #4CBB17.

Choose Toxic GreenToxic Green is better when the design needs vibrant green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #61DE2A.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyKelly GreenToxic Green

HEX#4CBB17#61DE2A

RGB76, 187, 2397, 222, 42

HSL101, 78, 41102, 73, 52

CMYK59, 0, 88, 2756, 0, 81, 13

FamilyGreenGreen

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneVibrant, Jewel ToneVibrant

Luminance0.37140.5495

Black contrast8.43:111.99:1

White contrast2.49:11.75:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Kelly Greenblack text - 8.43:1

Toxic Greenblack text - 11.99:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Kelly Green#4CBB17

Toxic Green#61DE2A

#79E845#79E845

#9CEA7B#9CEA7B

#8617BA#8617BA

#A82BDE#A82BDE

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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      101,
      78,
      41
    ],
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    ],
    "family": "green",
    "temperature": "cool",
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    ],
    "luminance": 0.3714,
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    },
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    },
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      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.43
    },
    "description": "Kelly Green is #4CBB17, a cool green color with vibrant and jewel tone character. Compared with Toxic Green, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/kelly-green/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/kelly-green.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "toxic-green",
    "name": "Toxic Green",
    "hex": "#61DE2A",
    "rgb": [
      97,
      222,
      42
    ],
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      73,
      52
    ],
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      0,
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      13
    ],
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    "tone": [
      "vibrant"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.5495,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 11.99,
      "white": 1.75
    },
    "wcag": {
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        "#000000",
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        "#36454F"
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        "#000000",
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      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 11.99
    },
    "description": "Toxic Green is #61DE2A, a cool green color with vibrant character. Compared with Kelly Green, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for neon accents, event graphics, and high-energy digital design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/toxic-green/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/toxic-green.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 45,
  "contrastRatio": 1.42,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 1,
    "saturation": 5,
    "lightness": 11
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.1781,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "vibrant"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Toxic Green",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Kelly Green"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.42,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Kelly Green",
      "background": "#4CBB17",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.43
    },
    {
      "color": "Toxic Green",
      "background": "#61DE2A",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 11.99
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Toxic Green is better when the design needs vibrant green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #61DE2A.",
  "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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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/kelly-green-vs-toxic-green.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/kelly-green.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/toxic-green.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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