H.264 for HTML5 color shifting in Safari

Hi,
I've got a video that I'm using AME to compress for use as an HTML5 background. The color needs to match exactly so the video can blend into the background. This is proving impossible because the color values are shifting in Safari relative to the other browsers.
I'm pretty sure this is a color management problem, so my question is how can I either make sure there is no color profile in the encoded .mp4 file I get out of AME, or to embed a specific profile - sRGB for the web seems appropriate?
I'll also look and see if there is a way to disable it in Safari.
Kevin N.

No ideas?
Here is an example of the color shifting (only in Safari):
https://www.tdc.org/type-competition/

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