Nearest-color comparison

Traffic Red vs Venetian Red

Traffic Red and Venetian Red are different red colors with HEX values #CC0605 and #C80815. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 16.6, their contrast ratio is 1.03:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Traffic Red and Venetian Red are very close colors. Traffic Red 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

Traffic Red#CC0605

Venetian Red#C80815

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Traffic Red and Venetian Red across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance16.6

Pair contrast1.03:1

Luminance delta0.0047

Hue delta356 deg

Lighter colorTraffic Red

More saturatedTraffic Red

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

red color

Traffic Red

Traffic Red is #CC0605, a warm red color with vibrant character. Compared with Venetian Red, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#CC0605 RGB204, 6, 5 HSL0, 95, 41 CMYK0, 97, 98, 20 Luminance0.1298 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

red color

Venetian Red

Venetian Red is #C80815, a warm red color with vibrant character. Compared with Traffic Red, 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 Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with white text as the safer foreground option.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#C80815 RGB200, 8, 21 HSL356, 92, 41 CMYK0, 96, 89, 22 Luminance0.1251 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Traffic Red or Venetian Red

Choose Traffic RedTraffic Red is better when the design needs vibrant red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #CC0605.

Choose Venetian RedVenetian Red is better when the design needs vibrant red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #C80815.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyTraffic RedVenetian Red

HEX#CC0605#C80815

RGB204, 6, 5200, 8, 21

HSL0, 95, 41356, 92, 41

CMYK0, 97, 98, 200, 96, 89, 22

FamilyRedRed

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneVibrantVibrant

Luminance0.12980.1251

Black contrast3.6:13.5:1

White contrast5.84:16:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Traffic Redwhite text - 5.84:1

Venetian Redwhite text - 6:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Traffic Red#CC0605

Venetian Red#C80815

#FA3333#FA3333

#F73643#F73643

#05CCCC#05CCCC

#08C9BC#08C9BC

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": "traffic-red",
    "name": "Traffic Red",
    "hex": "#CC0605",
    "rgb": [
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      6,
      5
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    "hsl": [
      0,
      95,
      41
    ],
    "cmyk": [
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      20
    ],
    "family": "red",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
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    ],
    "luminance": 0.1298,
    "contrast": {
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      "white": 5.84
    },
    "wcag": {
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      ],
      "AAA": []
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 5.84
    },
    "description": "Traffic Red is #CC0605, a warm red color with vibrant character. Compared with Venetian Red, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/traffic-red/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/traffic-red.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "venetian-red",
    "name": "Venetian Red",
    "hex": "#C80815",
    "rgb": [
      200,
      8,
      21
    ],
    "hsl": [
      356,
      92,
      41
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      96,
      89,
      22
    ],
    "family": "red",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "vibrant"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.1251,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 3.5,
      "white": 6
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "AAA": []
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 6
    },
    "description": "Venetian Red is #C80815, a warm red color with vibrant character. Compared with Traffic Red, 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/venetian-red/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/venetian-red.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 16.6,
  "contrastRatio": 1.03,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 356,
    "saturation": 3,
    "lightness": 0
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0047,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "vibrant"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Traffic Red",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Traffic Red"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.03,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Traffic Red",
      "background": "#CC0605",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 5.84
    },
    {
      "color": "Venetian Red",
      "background": "#C80815",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 6
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

{
  "chooseFirstWhen": "Traffic Red is better when the design needs vibrant red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #CC0605.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Venetian Red is better when the design needs vibrant red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #C80815.",
  "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/traffic-red-vs-venetian-red.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/traffic-red.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/venetian-red.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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