Nearest-color comparison

Moss Green vs Agave

Moss Green and Agave are different green colors with HEX values #8A9A5B and #6F8F72. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 37.1, their contrast ratio is 1.17:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Moss Green and Agave are visually related colors. Moss Green is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.17:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Moss Green#8A9A5B

Agave#6F8F72

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance37.1

Pair contrast1.17:1

Luminance delta0.0503

Hue delta51 deg

Lighter colorMoss Green

More saturatedMoss Green

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Moss Green

Moss Green is #8A9A5B, a cool green color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Agave, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#8A9A5B RGB138, 154, 91 HSL75, 26, 48 CMYK10, 0, 41, 40 Luminance0.2927 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Agave

Agave is #6F8F72, a cool green color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Moss Green, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#6F8F72 RGB111, 143, 114 HSL126, 13, 50 CMYK22, 0, 20, 44 Luminance0.2424 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Moss Green or Agave

Choose Moss GreenMoss Green is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #8A9A5B.

Choose AgaveAgave is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #6F8F72.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyMoss GreenAgave

HEX#8A9A5B#6F8F72

RGB138, 154, 91111, 143, 114

HSL75, 26, 48126, 13, 50

CMYK10, 0, 41, 4022, 0, 20, 44

FamilyGreenGreen

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneMuted, Earth ToneMuted, Earth Tone

Luminance0.29270.2424

Black contrast6.85:15.85:1

White contrast3.06:13.59:1

Shared tonesMuted, Earth Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Moss Greenblack text - 6.85:1

Agaveblack text - 5.85:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Moss Green#8A9A5B

Agave#6F8F72

#B4BF92#B4BF92

#A3B8A5#A3B8A5

#6A5B9A#6A5B9A

#906F8D#906F8D

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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    },
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      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 6.85
    },
    "description": "Moss Green is #8A9A5B, a cool green color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Agave, it is lighter 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/moss-green/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "agave",
    "name": "Agave",
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      111,
      143,
      114
    ],
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      126,
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    ],
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    ],
    "luminance": 0.2424,
    "contrast": {
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      "white": 3.59
    },
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        "#000000",
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    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 5.85
    },
    "description": "Agave is #6F8F72, a cool green color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Moss Green, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/agave/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/agave.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 37.1,
  "contrastRatio": 1.17,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 51,
    "saturation": 13,
    "lightness": 2
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0503,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "muted",
    "earth-tone"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Moss Green",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Moss Green"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.17,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Moss Green",
      "background": "#8A9A5B",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 6.85
    },
    {
      "color": "Agave",
      "background": "#6F8F72",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 5.85
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Agave is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #6F8F72.",
  "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/colors/moss-green.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/agave.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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