#374019 · #552D3A
Four independent scores (read the one that fits your goal): Readability 1/100 (fail) · Harmony 54/100 (triadic (soft)) · Distinguishable 27/100 (hard to tell apart) · Match 16/100 (different). There is no single “good/bad” — a pair can clash for text yet be great for an outfit.
Deep Dusty Lime and Dark Dusty Red are very different (ΔE 38). They have distinctly different hues (93° apart) and their lightness is similar, so they read as two same-weight colours.
Deep Dusty Lime text on Dark Dusty Red: 1.05:1 (Fail); Dark Dusty Red text on Deep Dusty Lime: 1.05:1 (Fail). Neither meets AA at body size — nudging one color to #9BA77C clears it.
Triadic (soft) — workable but not a textbook harmony (harmony 54/100). 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 #9BA77C clears AA.
Their CIE76 ΔE is about 38 — very different.
clearly different colours (ΔE 38).
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