Colour comparison

Ravens vs Bears colors

Baltimore Ravens and Chicago Bears and their primary colours sit 1.24:1 apart in lightness with a perceptual difference of 48.6. Every cross-team pairing is measured below.

These values are not yet verified

The colour values on this page are illustrative placeholders used while the site is being built. Each one must be traced to the team's own published brand assets and dated before it is presented as fact — see the method page. Do not use these figures for print or production yet.

Ravens vs Bears

Greyscale clash
Colour difference
ΔE 48.6
Lightness contrast
1.24:1

The same two colours in greyscale — what a monochrome feed, and a viewer with colour vision deficiency, has to work with.

The two palettes

Baltimore Ravens National Football League
Purple #241773
Black #000000
Gold #9E7C0C

All Ravens values →

Chicago Bears National Football League
Navy Blue #0B162A
Orange #C83803

All Bears values →

Every cross-team pairing

6 measured
Contrast for every Ravens colour against every Bears colour
Ravens colour #0B162A #C83803
#241773 1.24:1 Fails 2.78:1 Fails
#000000 1.16:1 Fails 4.02:1 Large text only
#9E7C0C 4.60:1 AA 1.33:1 Fails
Ravens on Bears
Strongest pairing

Gold on Navy Blue is the highest-contrast combination across the two palettes. Use it for anything carrying text.

4.60:1 AA
Ravens on Bears
Weakest pairing

Black on Navy Blue is the lowest-contrast combination, and the one a designer reaches for by accident when both teams want their signature colour.

1.16:1 Fails

What the verdict means

A colour clash takes two measurements, not one. Perceptual difference says how far apart two colours look to the eye with hue included; lightness contrast says what survives when colour is removed. Judged on lightness alone, a navy and a purple can score identically to navy against itself, which is plainly wrong. Judged on hue alone, two colours that separate clearly in colour can merge completely in a monochrome broadcast.

For Ravens and Bears the two figures are ΔE 48.6 and 1.24:1, which together give a verdict of greyscale clash. They separate by hue but sit at almost the same lightness, so they merge in greyscale and for viewers with red-green colour vision deficiency.

The National Football League divides its thirty-two teams between two conferences, and uniform colour is regulated more tightly here than in any other major league: a team must register its colours with the league, and opposing teams are required to wear contrasting jerseys so that broadcast audiences can tell them apart.

Design with either palette

Take Ravens or Bears colours into the design studio, add your own artwork, and check the result for print problems before committing to a run.

Every other Ravens comparison

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Every other Bears comparison

30 matchups