Nearest-color comparison

Midnight Blue vs Sapphire Deep

Midnight Blue and Sapphire Deep are different blue colors with HEX values #191970 and #082567. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 22.7, their contrast ratio is 1.04:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Midnight Blue and Sapphire Deep are very close colors. Sapphire Deep is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.04:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Midnight Blue#191970

Sapphire Deep#082567

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Midnight Blue and Sapphire Deep across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance22.7

Pair contrast1.04:1

Luminance delta0.0028

Hue delta18 deg

Lighter colorSapphire Deep

More saturatedSapphire Deep

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

blue color

Midnight Blue

Midnight Blue is #191970, a cool blue color with dark and jewel tone character. Compared with Sapphire Deep, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for luxury branding, night themes, and editorial design, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#191970 RGB25, 25, 112 HSL240, 64, 27 CMYK78, 78, 0, 56 Luminance0.0207 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

blue color

Sapphire Deep

Sapphire Deep is #082567, a cool blue color with dark and jewel tone character. Compared with Midnight Blue, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#082567 RGB8, 37, 103 HSL222, 86, 22 CMYK92, 64, 0, 60 Luminance0.0235 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Midnight Blue or Sapphire Deep

Choose Midnight BlueMidnight Blue is better when the design needs dark and jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #191970.

Choose Sapphire DeepSapphire Deep is better when the design needs dark and jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #082567.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyMidnight BlueSapphire Deep

HEX#191970#082567

RGB25, 25, 1128, 37, 103

HSL240, 64, 27222, 86, 22

CMYK78, 78, 0, 5692, 64, 0, 60

FamilyBlueBlue

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneDark, Jewel ToneDark, Jewel Tone

Luminance0.02070.0235

Black contrast1.41:11.47:1

White contrast14.85:114.29:1

Shared tonesDark, Jewel Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Midnight Bluewhite text - 14.85:1

Sapphire Deepwhite text - 14.29:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Midnight Blue#191970

Sapphire Deep#082567

#2929BC#2929BC

#0E43BE#0E43BE

#717119#717119

#684B08#684B08

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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  {
    "slug": "midnight-blue",
    "name": "Midnight Blue",
    "hex": "#191970",
    "rgb": [
      25,
      25,
      112
    ],
    "hsl": [
      240,
      64,
      27
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      78,
      78,
      0,
      56
    ],
    "family": "blue",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "dark",
      "jewel-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.0207,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 1.41,
      "white": 14.85
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 14.85
    },
    "description": "Midnight Blue is #191970, a cool blue color with dark and jewel tone character. Compared with Sapphire Deep, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for luxury branding, night themes, and editorial design, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/midnight-blue/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/midnight-blue.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "sapphire-deep",
    "name": "Sapphire Deep",
    "hex": "#082567",
    "rgb": [
      8,
      37,
      103
    ],
    "hsl": [
      222,
      86,
      22
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      92,
      64,
      0,
      60
    ],
    "family": "blue",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "dark",
      "jewel-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.0235,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 1.47,
      "white": 14.29
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 14.29
    },
    "description": "Sapphire Deep is #082567, a cool blue color with dark and jewel tone character. Compared with Midnight Blue, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sapphire-deep/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sapphire-deep.json"
  }
]

Differences

{
  "rgbDistance": 22.7,
  "contrastRatio": 1.04,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 18,
    "saturation": 22,
    "lightness": 5
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0028,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "dark",
    "jewel-tone"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Sapphire Deep",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Sapphire Deep"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.04,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Midnight Blue",
      "background": "#191970",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 14.85
    },
    {
      "color": "Sapphire Deep",
      "background": "#082567",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 14.29
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

{
  "chooseFirstWhen": "Midnight Blue is better when the design needs dark and jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #191970.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Sapphire Deep is better when the design needs dark and jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #082567.",
  "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/midnight-blue-vs-sapphire-deep.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/midnight-blue.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sapphire-deep.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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  "summary": "Midnight Blue and Sapphire Deep are different blue colors with HEX values #191970 and #082567. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 22.7, their contrast ratio is 1.04:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
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  "contrastRatio": 1.04,
  "colors": [
    {
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      "hex": "#191970",
      "rgb": [
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        25,
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      "hsl": [
        240,
        64,
        27
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        78,
        78,
        0,
        56
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0207,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1.41,
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      },
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      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 14.85
      },
      "description": "Midnight Blue is #191970, a cool blue color with dark and jewel tone character. Compared with Sapphire Deep, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for luxury branding, night themes, and editorial design, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/midnight-blue/",
      "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/midnight-blue.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "sapphire-deep",
      "name": "Sapphire Deep",
      "hex": "#082567",
      "rgb": [
        8,
        37,
        103
      ],
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        222,
        86,
        22
      ],
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        92,
        64,
        0,
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      ],
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        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
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        ]
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 14.29
      },
      "description": "Sapphire Deep is #082567, a cool blue color with dark and jewel tone character. Compared with Midnight Blue, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sapphire-deep/",
      "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sapphire-deep.json"
    }
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    "hslDelta": {
      "hue": 18,
      "saturation": 22,
      "lightness": 5
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    "luminanceDelta": 0.0028,
    "sameFamily": true,
    "sameTemperature": true,
    "sharedTones": [
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      "jewel-tone"
    ],
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    "moreSaturatedColor": "Sapphire Deep"
  },
  "accessibility": {
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    "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
    "safeText": [
      {
        "color": "Midnight Blue",
        "background": "#191970",
        "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 14.85
      },
      {
        "color": "Sapphire Deep",
        "background": "#082567",
        "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 14.29
      }
    ]
  },
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    "chooseFirstWhen": "Midnight Blue is better when the design needs dark and jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #191970.",
    "chooseSecondWhen": "Sapphire Deep is better when the design needs dark and jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #082567.",
    "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/midnight-blue.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sapphire-deep.json"
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  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/midnight-blue-vs-sapphire-deep/",
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