#002317 · #112109
Four independent scores (read the one that fits your goal): Readability 0/100 (fail) · Harmony 41/100 (clashing) · Distinguishable 34/100 (hard to tell apart) · Match 81/100 (close). There is no single “good/bad” — a pair can clash for text yet be great for an outfit.
Deep Vivid Teal and Deep Green are very close (ΔE 9). They have distinctly different hues (59° apart) and their lightness is similar, so they read as two same-weight colours.
Deep Vivid Teal text on Deep Green: 1.01:1 (Fail); Deep Green text on Deep Vivid Teal: 1.01:1 (Fail). Neither meets AA at body size — nudging one color to #678C7C clears it.
Clashing — awkward hue gap — tends to clash (harmony 41/100). This is about how they look together (clothing, interiors, branding), independent of text contrast.
Not at body size — the best direction is only 1.0:1, below the 4.5:1 minimum. Nudging one colour to #678C7C clears AA.
Their CIE76 ΔE is about 9 — very close.
close but visibly different (ΔE 8.6).
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