Nearest-color comparison

Scheele Green vs Terre Verte

Scheele Green and Terre Verte are different green colors with HEX values #478800 and #385E0F. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 47.1, their contrast ratio is 1.73:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Scheele Green and Terre Verte are visually related colors. Scheele Green is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.73:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Scheele Green#478800

Terre Verte#385E0F

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Scheele Green and Terre Verte across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance47.1

Pair contrast1.73:1

Luminance delta0.1007

Hue delta0 deg

Lighter colorScheele Green

More saturatedScheele Green

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Scheele Green

Scheele Green is #478800, a cool green color with jewel tone character. Compared with Terre Verte, 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 Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#478800 RGB71, 136, 0 HSL89, 100, 27 CMYK48, 0, 100, 47 Luminance0.1895 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Terre Verte

Terre Verte is #385E0F, a cool green color with dark and jewel tone character. Compared with Scheele Green, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#385E0F RGB56, 94, 15 HSL89, 72, 21 CMYK40, 0, 84, 63 Luminance0.0888 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Scheele Green or Terre Verte

Choose Scheele GreenScheele Green is better when the design needs jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #478800.

Choose Terre VerteTerre Verte is better when the design needs dark and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #385E0F.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyScheele GreenTerre Verte

HEX#478800#385E0F

RGB71, 136, 056, 94, 15

HSL89, 100, 2789, 72, 21

CMYK48, 0, 100, 4740, 0, 84, 63

FamilyGreenGreen

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneJewel ToneDark, Jewel Tone

Luminance0.18950.0888

Black contrast4.79:12.78:1

White contrast4.38:17.56:1

Shared tonesJewel Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Scheele Greenblack text - 4.79:1

Terre Vertewhite text - 7.56:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Scheele Green#478800

Terre Verte#385E0F

#77E600#77E600

#66AB1C#66AB1C

#43008A#43008A

#340F5C#340F5C

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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      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 4.79
    },
    "description": "Scheele Green is #478800, a cool green color with jewel tone character. Compared with Terre Verte, 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.",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "terre-verte",
    "name": "Terre Verte",
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    "tone": [
      "dark",
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    ],
    "luminance": 0.0888,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 2.78,
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    },
    "wcag": {
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    },
    "description": "Terre Verte is #385E0F, a cool green color with dark and jewel tone character. Compared with Scheele Green, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/terre-verte/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/terre-verte.json"
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Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 47.1,
  "contrastRatio": 1.73,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 0,
    "saturation": 28,
    "lightness": 6
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.1007,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "jewel-tone"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Scheele Green",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Scheele Green"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.73,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Scheele Green",
      "background": "#478800",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 4.79
    },
    {
      "color": "Terre Verte",
      "background": "#385E0F",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 7.56
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Terre Verte is better when the design needs dark and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #385E0F.",
  "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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Full JSON dataset

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