Nearest-color comparison

Safety Blue vs Sea Blue

Safety Blue and Sea Blue are different blue colors with HEX values #0067A5 and #006994. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 17.1, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Safety Blue and Sea Blue are very close colors. Safety Blue is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.01:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Safety Blue#0067A5

Sea Blue#006994

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance17.1

Pair contrast1.01:1

Luminance delta0.0018

Hue delta6 deg

Lighter colorSafety Blue

More saturatedSafety Blue

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

blue color

Safety Blue

Safety Blue is #0067A5, a cool blue color with jewel tone character. Compared with Sea Blue, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#0067A5 RGB0, 103, 165 HSL203, 100, 32 CMYK100, 38, 0, 35 Luminance0.1242 Best textwhite text

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blue color

Sea Blue

Sea Blue is #006994, a cool blue color with jewel tone character. Compared with Safety 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#006994 RGB0, 105, 148 HSL197, 100, 29 CMYK100, 29, 0, 42 Luminance0.1224 Best textwhite text

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When to Use Safety Blue or Sea Blue

Choose Safety BlueSafety Blue is better when the design needs jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #0067A5.

Choose Sea BlueSea Blue is better when the design needs jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #006994.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertySafety BlueSea Blue

HEX#0067A5#006994

RGB0, 103, 1650, 105, 148

HSL203, 100, 32197, 100, 29

CMYK100, 38, 0, 35100, 29, 0, 42

FamilyBlueBlue

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneJewel ToneJewel Tone

Luminance0.12420.1224

Black contrast3.48:13.45:1

White contrast6.03:16.09:1

Shared tonesJewel Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Safety Bluewhite text - 6.03:1

Sea Bluewhite text - 6.09:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Safety Blue#0067A5

Sea Blue#006994

#009DFF#009DFF

#00ACF0#00ACF0

#A33F00#A33F00

#942A00#942A00

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": "safety-blue",
    "name": "Safety Blue",
    "hex": "#0067A5",
    "rgb": [
      0,
      103,
      165
    ],
    "hsl": [
      203,
      100,
      32
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      100,
      38,
      0,
      35
    ],
    "family": "blue",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "jewel-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.1242,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 3.48,
      "white": 6.03
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "AAA": []
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 6.03
    },
    "description": "Safety Blue is #0067A5, a cool blue color with jewel tone character. Compared with Sea Blue, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/safety-blue/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/safety-blue.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "sea-blue",
    "name": "Sea Blue",
    "hex": "#006994",
    "rgb": [
      0,
      105,
      148
    ],
    "hsl": [
      197,
      100,
      29
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      100,
      29,
      0,
      42
    ],
    "family": "blue",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "jewel-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.1224,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 3.45,
      "white": 6.09
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "AAA": []
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 6.09
    },
    "description": "Sea Blue is #006994, a cool blue color with jewel tone character. Compared with Safety 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.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sea-blue/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sea-blue.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 17.1,
  "contrastRatio": 1.01,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 6,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 3
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0018,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "jewel-tone"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Safety Blue",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Safety Blue"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.01,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Safety Blue",
      "background": "#0067A5",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 6.03
    },
    {
      "color": "Sea Blue",
      "background": "#006994",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 6.09
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

{
  "chooseFirstWhen": "Safety Blue is better when the design needs jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #0067A5.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Sea Blue is better when the design needs jewel tone blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #006994.",
  "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/safety-blue-vs-sea-blue.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/safety-blue.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sea-blue.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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  "summary": "Safety Blue and Sea Blue are different blue colors with HEX values #0067A5 and #006994. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 17.1, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
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        100,
        32
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      "cmyk": [
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        0,
        35
      ],
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      },
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      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/safety-blue/",
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    },
    {
      "slug": "sea-blue",
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        100,
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      ],
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      },
      "description": "Sea Blue is #006994, a cool blue color with jewel tone character. Compared with Safety 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.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sea-blue/",
      "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sea-blue.json"
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  "differences": {
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    "sharedTones": [
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    ],
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        "background": "#0067A5",
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        "label": "white text",
        "ratio": 6.03
      },
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        "color": "Sea Blue",
        "background": "#006994",
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      }
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