Colour comparison

Giants vs Bears colors

New York Giants and Chicago Bears and their primary colours sit 1.23:1 apart in lightness with a perceptual difference of 32.8. 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.

Giants vs Bears

Greyscale clash
Colour difference
ΔE 32.8
Lightness contrast
1.23:1

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 Giants National Football League
Dark Blue #0B2265
Red #A71930
Gray #A5ACAF

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

All Bears values →

Every cross-team pairing

6 measured
Contrast for every Giants colour against every Bears colour
Giants colour #0B162A #C83803
#0B2265 1.23:1 Fails 2.81:1 Fails
#A71930 2.43:1 Fails 1.42:1 Fails
#A5ACAF 7.85:1 AAA 2.27:1 Fails
Giants on Bears
Strongest pairing

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

7.85:1 AAA
Giants on Bears
Weakest pairing

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

1.23:1 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 Giants and Bears the two figures are ΔE 32.8 and 1.23:1, 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 Giants 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 Giants comparison

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Every other Bears comparison

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