Nearest-color comparison

Peacock Blue vs Petrol Blue

Peacock Blue and Petrol Blue are different cyan colors with HEX values #005F69 and #005F6A. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 1, their contrast ratio is 1:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

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

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Peacock Blue#005F69

Petrol Blue#005F6A

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Peacock Blue and Petrol Blue across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance1

Pair contrast1:1

Luminance delta0.0003

Hue delta0 deg

Lighter colorPetrol Blue

More saturatedPeacock Blue

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

cyan color

Peacock Blue

Peacock Blue is #005F69, a cool cyan color with dark character. Compared with Petrol Blue, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for interfaces, brand systems, and technical design, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#005F69 RGB0, 95, 105 HSL186, 100, 21 CMYK100, 10, 0, 59 Luminance0.092 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

cyan color

Petrol Blue

Petrol Blue is #005F6A, a cool cyan color with dark character. Compared with Peacock Blue, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for interfaces, brand systems, and technical design, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#005F6A RGB0, 95, 106 HSL186, 100, 21 CMYK100, 10, 0, 58 Luminance0.0923 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Peacock Blue or Petrol Blue

Choose Peacock BluePeacock Blue is better when the design needs dark cyan character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #005F69.

Choose Petrol BluePetrol Blue is better when the design needs dark cyan character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #005F6A.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyPeacock BluePetrol Blue

HEX#005F69#005F6A

RGB0, 95, 1050, 95, 106

HSL186, 100, 21186, 100, 21

CMYK100, 10, 0, 59100, 10, 0, 58

FamilyCyanCyan

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneDarkDark

Luminance0.0920.0923

Black contrast2.84:12.85:1

White contrast7.39:17.38:1

Shared tonesDark

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Peacock Bluewhite text - 7.39:1

Petrol Bluewhite text - 7.38:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Peacock Blue#005F69

Petrol Blue#005F6A

#00B3C7#00B3C7

#6B0B00#6B0B00

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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    },
    "description": "Petrol Blue is #005F6A, a cool cyan color with dark character. Compared with Peacock Blue, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for interfaces, brand systems, and technical design, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/petrol-blue/",
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Differences

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    "hue": 0,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 0
  },
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  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "dark"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Petrol Blue",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Peacock Blue"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Peacock Blue",
      "background": "#005F69",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 7.39
    },
    {
      "color": "Petrol Blue",
      "background": "#005F6A",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 7.38
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Petrol Blue is better when the design needs dark cyan character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #005F6A.",
  "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/petrol-blue.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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