Colour comparison

Jets vs Chargers colors

New York Jets and Los Angeles Chargers and their primary colours sit 1.99:1 apart in lightness with a perceptual difference of 60.1. 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.

Jets vs Chargers

Clear in colour
Colour difference
ΔE 60.1
Lightness contrast
1.99:1

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

The two palettes

New York Jets National Football League
Gotham Green #125740
Spotlight White #FFFFFF

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Los Angeles Chargers National Football League
Powder Blue #0080C6
Sunshine Gold #FFC20E
Navy #002A5E

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Every cross-team pairing

6 measured
Contrast for every Jets colour against every Chargers colour
Jets colour #0080C6 #FFC20E #002A5E
#125740 1.99:1 Fails 5.27:1 AA 1.65:1 Fails
#FFFFFF 4.28:1 Large text only 1.62:1 Fails 14.07:1 AAA
Jets on Chargers
Strongest pairing

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

14.07:1 AAA
Jets on Chargers
Weakest pairing

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

1.62:1 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 Jets and Chargers the two figures are ΔE 60.1 and 1.99:1, 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 Jets or Chargers colours into the design studio, add your own artwork, and check the result for print problems before committing to a run.

Every other Jets comparison

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Every other Chargers comparison

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