Medium Sea Green vs Paris Green

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  "slug": "medium-sea-green-vs-paris-green",
  "type": "nearest",
  "name": "Medium Sea Green vs Paris Green",
  "verdict": "Medium Sea Green and Paris Green are visually related colors. Paris Green is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.25:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.",
  "summary": "Medium Sea Green and Paris Green are different green colors with HEX values #3CB371 and #50C878. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 29.8, their contrast ratio is 1.25:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
  "rgbDistance": 29.8,
  "contrastRatio": 1.25,
  "colors": [
    {
      "slug": "medium-sea-green",
      "name": "Medium Sea Green",
      "hex": "#3CB371",
      "rgb": [
        60,
        179,
        113
      ],
      "hsl": [
        147,
        50,
        47
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        66,
        0,
        37,
        30
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3439,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 7.88,
        "white": 2.67
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 7.88
      },
      "description": "Medium Sea Green is #3CB371, a cool green color with earth tone character. Compared with Paris Green, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/medium-sea-green/",
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    },
    {
      "slug": "paris-green",
      "name": "Paris Green",
      "hex": "#50C878",
      "rgb": [
        80,
        200,
        120
      ],
      "hsl": [
        140,
        52,
        55
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        60,
        0,
        40,
        22
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.4437,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 9.87,
        "white": 2.13
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 9.87
      },
      "description": "Paris Green is #50C878, a cool green color with earth tone character. Compared with Medium Sea Green, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/paris-green/",
      "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/paris-green.json"
    }
  ],
  "differences": {
    "rgbDistance": 29.8,
    "contrastRatio": 1.25,
    "hslDelta": {
      "hue": 7,
      "saturation": 2,
      "lightness": 8
    },
    "luminanceDelta": 0.0998,
    "sameFamily": true,
    "sameTemperature": true,
    "sharedTones": [
      "earth-tone"
    ],
    "lighterColor": "Paris Green",
    "moreSaturatedColor": "Paris Green"
  },
  "accessibility": {
    "pairContrastRatio": 1.25,
    "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
    "safeText": [
      {
        "color": "Medium Sea Green",
        "background": "#3CB371",
        "foreground": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 7.88
      },
      {
        "color": "Paris Green",
        "background": "#50C878",
        "foreground": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 9.87
      }
    ]
  },
  "useCases": {
    "chooseFirstWhen": "Medium Sea Green is better when the design needs earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #3CB371.",
    "chooseSecondWhen": "Paris Green is better when the design needs earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #50C878.",
    "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/colors/paris-green.json"
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