Colour comparison

Chiefs vs Eagles colors

Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles and their primary colours sit 2.06:1 apart in lightness with a perceptual difference of 103.6. 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.

Chiefs vs Eagles

Clear in colour
Colour difference
ΔE 103.6
Lightness contrast
2.06:1

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

The two palettes

Kansas City Chiefs National Football League
Red #E31837
Gold #FFB81C

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Philadelphia Eagles National Football League
Midnight Green #004C54
Silver #A5ACAF
Black #000000

All Eagles values →

Every cross-team pairing

6 measured
Contrast for every Chiefs colour against every Eagles colour
Chiefs colour #004C54 #A5ACAF #000000
#E31837 2.06:1 Fails 2.05:1 Fails 4.45:1 Large text only
#FFB81C 5.61:1 AA 1.33:1 Fails 12.12:1 AAA
Chiefs on Eagles
Strongest pairing

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

12.12:1 AAA
Chiefs on Eagles
Weakest pairing

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

1.33:1 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 Chiefs and Eagles the two figures are ΔE 103.6 and 2.06:1, which together give a verdict of clear in colour. Both measurements are comfortable, so these two read as distinct teams in every medium.

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

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Every other Eagles comparison

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