Nearest-color comparison

Spring Green vs Jade

Spring Green and Jade are different green colors with HEX values #00FF7F and #00A86B. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 89.3, their contrast ratio is 2.29:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Spring Green and Jade are clearly different colors. Spring Green is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 2.29:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Spring Green#00FF7F

Jade#00A86B

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance89.3

Pair contrast2.29:1

Luminance delta0.4398

Hue delta8 deg

Lighter colorSpring Green

More saturatedSpring Green

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Spring Green

Spring Green is #00FF7F, a cool green color with vibrant character. Compared with Jade, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#00FF7F RGB0, 255, 127 HSL150, 100, 50 CMYK100, 0, 50, 0 Luminance0.7305 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Jade

Jade is #00A86B, a cool green color with jewel tone character. Compared with Spring Green, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#00A86B RGB0, 168, 107 HSL158, 100, 33 CMYK100, 0, 36, 34 Luminance0.2907 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Spring Green or Jade

Choose Spring GreenSpring Green is better when the design needs vibrant green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #00FF7F.

Choose JadeJade is better when the design needs jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #00A86B.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertySpring GreenJade

HEX#00FF7F#00A86B

RGB0, 255, 1270, 168, 107

HSL150, 100, 50158, 100, 33

CMYK100, 0, 50, 0100, 0, 36, 34

FamilyGreenGreen

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneVibrantJewel Tone

Luminance0.73050.2907

Black contrast15.61:16.81:1

White contrast1.35:13.08:1

Shared tonesNone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Spring Greenblack text - 15.61:1

Jadeblack text - 6.81:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Spring Green#00FF7F

Jade#00A86B

#5CFFAD#5CFFAD

#05FFA3#05FFA3

#FF0080#FF0080

#A8003E#A8003E

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": "spring-green",
    "name": "Spring Green",
    "hex": "#00FF7F",
    "rgb": [
      0,
      255,
      127
    ],
    "hsl": [
      150,
      100,
      50
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      100,
      0,
      50,
      0
    ],
    "family": "green",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "vibrant"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.7305,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 15.61,
      "white": 1.35
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 15.61
    },
    "description": "Spring Green is #00FF7F, a cool green color with vibrant character. Compared with Jade, it is lighter and similar in saturation. 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/spring-green/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/spring-green.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "jade",
    "name": "Jade",
    "hex": "#00A86B",
    "rgb": [
      0,
      168,
      107
    ],
    "hsl": [
      158,
      100,
      33
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      100,
      0,
      36,
      34
    ],
    "family": "green",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "jewel-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.2907,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 6.81,
      "white": 3.08
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "AAA": []
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 6.81
    },
    "description": "Jade is #00A86B, a cool green color with jewel tone character. Compared with Spring Green, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/jade/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/jade.json"
  }
]

Differences

{
  "rgbDistance": 89.3,
  "contrastRatio": 2.29,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 8,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 17
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.4398,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [],
  "lighterColor": "Spring Green",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Spring Green"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 2.29,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Spring Green",
      "background": "#00FF7F",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 15.61
    },
    {
      "color": "Jade",
      "background": "#00A86B",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 6.81
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

{
  "chooseFirstWhen": "Spring Green is better when the design needs vibrant green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #00FF7F.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Jade is better when the design needs jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #00A86B.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

[
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/spring-green-vs-jade.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/spring-green.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/jade.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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  "summary": "Spring Green and Jade are different green colors with HEX values #00FF7F and #00A86B. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 89.3, their contrast ratio is 2.29:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
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    "sameTemperature": true,
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