Colour comparison

Dolphins vs Jets colors

Miami Dolphins and New York Jets meet inside the Eastern Division, and their primary colours sit 2.16:1 apart in lightness with a perceptual difference of 30.0. 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.

Dolphins vs Jets

Clear in colour
Colour difference
ΔE 30.0
Lightness contrast
2.16:1

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

The two palettes

Miami Dolphins National Football League
Aqua #008E97
Orange #FC4C02
Deep Blue #005778

All Dolphins values →

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

All Jets values →

Every cross-team pairing

6 measured
Contrast for every Dolphins colour against every Jets colour
Dolphins colour #125740 #FFFFFF
#008E97 2.16:1 Fails 3.95:1 Large text only
#FC4C02 2.51:1 Fails 3.40:1 Large text only
#005778 1.07:1 Fails 7.97:1 AAA
Dolphins on Jets
Strongest pairing

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

7.97:1 AAA
Dolphins on Jets
Weakest pairing

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

1.07:1 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 Dolphins and Jets the two figures are ΔE 30.0 and 2.16:1, 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 Dolphins or Jets colours into the design studio, add your own artwork, and check the result for print problems before committing to a run.

Every other Dolphins comparison

30 matchups

Every other Jets comparison

30 matchups