Nearest-color comparison
Medium Aquamarine #66CDAA vs Verdigris #43B3AE: RGB distance 43.8 and contrast 1.31:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.
Medium Aquamarine and Verdigris are related but distinguishable, with an RGB distance of 43.8. Medium Aquamarine is lighter by 0.129, and Medium Aquamarine is more saturated by 5 percentage points. Their mutual contrast is 1.31:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.
The main measurable differences between Medium Aquamarine and Verdigris across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.
green color
Medium Aquamarine is #66CDAA, a cool green with hue 160°, saturation 51% and luminance 0.4939. Beside Verdigris, it is lighter and more saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 10.88:1.
cyan color
Verdigris is #43B3AE, a cool cyan with hue 177°, saturation 46% and luminance 0.3649. Beside Medium Aquamarine, it is darker and less saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 8.3:1.
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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