#545A26 · #764357
Four independent scores (read the one that fits your goal): Readability 1/100 (fail) · Harmony 47/100 (triadic (soft)) · Distinguishable 39/100 (hard to tell apart) · Match 0/100 (different). There is no single “good/bad” — a pair can clash for text yet be great for an outfit.
Dark Dusty Lime and Eggplant are very different (ΔE 47). They have distinctly different hues (90° apart) and their lightness is similar, so they read as two same-weight colours.
Dark Dusty Lime text on Eggplant: 1.06:1 (Fail); Eggplant text on Dark Dusty Lime: 1.06:1 (Fail). Neither meets AA at body size — nudging one color to #C2CB93 clears it.
Triadic (soft) — workable but not a textbook harmony (harmony 47/100). This is about how they look together (clothing, interiors, branding), independent of text contrast.
Not at body size — the best direction is only 1.1:1, below the 4.5:1 minimum. Nudging one colour to #C2CB93 clears AA.
Their CIE76 ΔE is about 47 — very different.
clearly different colours (ΔE 47).
Explore each color: Dark Dusty Lime #545A26 · Eggplant #764357 · Shades: Dark Dusty Lime shades · Eggplant shades · Contrast checker →