Medium Blue vs Zaffre

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  "slug": "medium-blue-vs-zaffre",
  "type": "nearest",
  "name": "Medium Blue vs Zaffre",
  "verdict": "Medium Blue and Zaffre are visually related colors. Medium Blue is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.13:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.",
  "summary": "Medium Blue and Zaffre are different blue colors with HEX values #0000CD and #0014A8. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 42.1, their contrast ratio is 1.13:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
  "rgbDistance": 42.1,
  "contrastRatio": 1.13,
  "colors": [
    {
      "slug": "medium-blue",
      "name": "Medium Blue",
      "hex": "#0000CD",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        205
      ],
      "hsl": [
        240,
        100,
        40
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        100,
        100,
        0,
        20
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant",
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0441,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1.88,
        "white": 11.16
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 11.16
      },
      "description": "Medium Blue is #0000CD, a cool blue color with vibrant and jewel tone character. Compared with Zaffre, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/medium-blue/",
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    },
    {
      "slug": "zaffre",
      "name": "Zaffre",
      "hex": "#0014A8",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        20,
        168
      ],
      "hsl": [
        233,
        100,
        33
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        100,
        88,
        0,
        34
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0333,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1.67,
        "white": 12.61
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 12.61
      },
      "description": "Zaffre is #0014A8, a cool blue color with jewel tone character. Compared with Medium Blue, it is darker and similar in saturation. 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/zaffre/",
      "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/zaffre.json"
    }
  ],
  "differences": {
    "rgbDistance": 42.1,
    "contrastRatio": 1.13,
    "hslDelta": {
      "hue": 7,
      "saturation": 0,
      "lightness": 7
    },
    "luminanceDelta": 0.0108,
    "sameFamily": true,
    "sameTemperature": true,
    "sharedTones": [
      "jewel-tone"
    ],
    "lighterColor": "Medium Blue",
    "moreSaturatedColor": "Medium Blue"
  },
  "accessibility": {
    "pairContrastRatio": 1.13,
    "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
    "safeText": [
      {
        "color": "Medium Blue",
        "background": "#0000CD",
        "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 11.16
      },
      {
        "color": "Zaffre",
        "background": "#0014A8",
        "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 12.61
      }
    ]
  },
  "useCases": {
    "chooseFirstWhen": "Medium Blue is better when the design needs vibrant and jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #0000CD.",
    "chooseSecondWhen": "Zaffre is better when the design needs jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #0014A8.",
    "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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    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/medium-blue-vs-zaffre.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/medium-blue.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/zaffre.json"
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  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/medium-blue-vs-zaffre/",
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}