Nearest-color comparison

Seafoam vs Pastel Teal

Seafoam and Pastel Teal are different green and cyan colors with HEX values #93E9BE and #9FD8D2. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 28.9, their contrast ratio is 1.11:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Seafoam and Pastel Teal are visually related colors. Seafoam is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.11:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Seafoam#93E9BE

Pastel Teal#9FD8D2

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Seafoam and Pastel Teal across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance28.9

Pair contrast1.11:1

Luminance delta0.0706

Hue delta24 deg

Lighter colorSeafoam

More saturatedSeafoam

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Seafoam

Seafoam is #93E9BE, a cool green color with balanced character. Compared with Pastel Teal, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#93E9BE RGB147, 233, 190 HSL150, 66, 75 CMYK37, 0, 18, 9 Luminance0.682 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

cyan color

Pastel Teal

Pastel Teal is #9FD8D2, a cool cyan color with balanced character. Compared with Seafoam, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#9FD8D2 RGB159, 216, 210 HSL174, 42, 74 CMYK26, 0, 3, 15 Luminance0.6114 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Seafoam or Pastel Teal

Choose SeafoamSeafoam is better when the design needs balanced green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #93E9BE.

Choose Pastel TealPastel Teal is better when the design needs balanced cyan character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #9FD8D2.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertySeafoamPastel Teal

HEX#93E9BE#9FD8D2

RGB147, 233, 190159, 216, 210

HSL150, 66, 75174, 42, 74

CMYK37, 0, 18, 926, 0, 3, 15

FamilyGreenCyan

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneBalancedBalanced

Luminance0.6820.6114

Black contrast14.64:113.23:1

White contrast1.43:11.59:1

Shared tonesBalanced

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Seafoamblack text - 14.64:1

Pastel Tealblack text - 13.23:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Seafoam#93E9BE

Pastel Teal#9FD8D2

#E1F9ED#E1F9ED

#E2F3F1#E2F3F1

#E995BF#E995BF

#D9A1A6#D9A1A6

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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  },
  {
    "slug": "pastel-teal",
    "name": "Pastel Teal",
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      159,
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      174,
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    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 13.23
    },
    "description": "Pastel Teal is #9FD8D2, a cool cyan color with balanced character. Compared with Seafoam, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
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  }
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Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 28.9,
  "contrastRatio": 1.11,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 24,
    "saturation": 24,
    "lightness": 1
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0706,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "balanced"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Seafoam",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Seafoam"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.11,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Seafoam",
      "background": "#93E9BE",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 14.64
    },
    {
      "color": "Pastel Teal",
      "background": "#9FD8D2",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 13.23
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Pastel Teal is better when the design needs balanced cyan character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #9FD8D2.",
  "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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