Dark Dusty Lime vs Eggplant — Difference, Contrast & Harmony

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Dark Dusty Limenearest vs Eggplantnearest

#555A23 · #764258

Four independent scores (read the one that fits your goal): Readability 1/100 (fail) · Harmony 48/100 (triadic (soft)) · Distinguishable 41/100 (somewhat similar) · Match 0/100 (different). There is no single “good/bad” — a pair can clash for text yet be great for an outfit.

Readability1Fail

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Fail1.1:1

Harmony48Triadic (soft)

Triadic (soft)

91° apart

Distinguishable41Somewhat similar

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ΔE 50 (11 under CVD)

Match0Different

ΔE 50 — different

How different are Dark Dusty Lime and Eggplant?

Dark Dusty Lime and Eggplant are very different (ΔE 50). They have distinctly different hues (91° apart) and their lightness is similar, so they read as two same-weight colours.

Can you read one on the other?

Dark Dusty Lime text on Eggplant: 1.07:1 (Fail); Eggplant text on Dark Dusty Lime: 1.07:1 (Fail). Neither meets AA at body size — nudging one color to #C2CA90 clears it.

Common questions

Do Dark Dusty Lime and Eggplant go well together?

Triadic (soft) — workable but not a textbook harmony (harmony 48/100). This is about how they look together (clothing, interiors, branding), independent of text contrast.

Is Dark Dusty Lime readable as text on Eggplant?

Not at body size — the best direction is only 1.1:1, below the 4.5:1 minimum. Nudging one colour to #C2CA90 clears AA.

What is the colour difference (ΔE) between Dark Dusty Lime and Eggplant?

Their CIE76 ΔE is about 50 — very different.

Are Dark Dusty Lime and Eggplant the same colour?

clearly different colours (ΔE 50).

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