Nearest-color comparison

Sea Green vs Epoxy Green

Sea Green and Epoxy Green are different green colors with HEX values #2E8B57 and #4E8A57. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 32, their contrast ratio is 1.03:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Sea Green and Epoxy Green are visually related colors. Epoxy Green is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.03:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Sea Green#2E8B57

Epoxy Green#4E8A57

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance32

Pair contrast1.03:1

Luminance delta0.0075

Hue delta17 deg

Lighter colorEpoxy Green

More saturatedSea Green

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Sea Green

Sea Green is #2E8B57, a cool green color with earth tone and jewel tone character. Compared with Epoxy Green, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#2E8B57 RGB46, 139, 87 HSL146, 50, 36 CMYK67, 0, 37, 45 Luminance0.1973 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Epoxy Green

Epoxy Green is #4E8A57, a cool green color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Sea Green, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#4E8A57 RGB78, 138, 87 HSL129, 28, 42 CMYK43, 0, 37, 46 Luminance0.2048 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Sea Green or Epoxy Green

Choose Sea GreenSea Green is better when the design needs earth tone and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #2E8B57.

Choose Epoxy GreenEpoxy Green is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #4E8A57.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertySea GreenEpoxy Green

HEX#2E8B57#4E8A57

RGB46, 139, 8778, 138, 87

HSL146, 50, 36129, 28, 42

CMYK67, 0, 37, 4543, 0, 37, 46

FamilyGreenGreen

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneEarth Tone, Jewel ToneMuted, Earth Tone

Luminance0.19730.2048

Black contrast4.95:15.1:1

White contrast4.25:14.12:1

Shared tonesEarth Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Sea Greenblack text - 4.95:1

Epoxy Greenblack text - 5.1:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Sea Green#2E8B57

Epoxy Green#4E8A57

#4FC482#4FC482

#7CB685#7CB685

#8A2E62#8A2E62

#894D80#894D80

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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    "family": "green",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "earth-tone",
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    ],
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    },
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      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 4.95
    },
    "description": "Sea Green is #2E8B57, a cool green color with earth tone and jewel tone character. Compared with Epoxy Green, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sea-green/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "epoxy-green",
    "name": "Epoxy Green",
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      78,
      138,
      87
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      28,
      42
    ],
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    ],
    "family": "green",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "muted",
      "earth-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.2048,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 5.1,
      "white": 4.12
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000"
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      "AAA": []
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 5.1
    },
    "description": "Epoxy Green is #4E8A57, a cool green color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Sea Green, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/epoxy-green/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/epoxy-green.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 32,
  "contrastRatio": 1.03,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 17,
    "saturation": 22,
    "lightness": 6
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0075,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "earth-tone"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Epoxy Green",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Sea Green"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.03,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Sea Green",
      "background": "#2E8B57",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 4.95
    },
    {
      "color": "Epoxy Green",
      "background": "#4E8A57",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 5.1
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Epoxy Green is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #4E8A57.",
  "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/sea-green-vs-epoxy-green.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sea-green.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/epoxy-green.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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