Nearest-color comparison
Sea Shell #FFF5EE vs Old Lace #FDF5E6: RGB distance 8.2 and contrast 1.01:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.
Sea Shell and Old Lace are very close, with an RGB distance of 8.2. Sea Shell is lighter by 0.0084, and Sea Shell is more saturated by 15 percentage points. Their mutual contrast is 1.01:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.
The main measurable differences between Sea Shell and Old Lace across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.
orange color
Sea Shell is #FFF5EE, a warm orange with hue 25°, saturation 100% and luminance 0.9274. Beside Old Lace, it is lighter and more saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 19.55:1.
orange color
Old Lace is #FDF5E6, a warm orange with hue 39°, saturation 85% and luminance 0.919. Beside Sea Shell, it is darker and less saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 19.38:1.
Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.
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Colors Encyclopedia
colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and linksdifferencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributesaccessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each coloruseCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them togetherrelatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints[
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