#79CBB1 · #E7A883
Four independent scores (read the one that fits your goal): Readability 1/100 (fail) · Harmony 88/100 (split-complementary) · Distinguishable 91/100 (easy 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.
Medium Aquamarine and Sandy Brown are very different (ΔE 55). They have distinctly different hues (139° apart) and their lightness is similar, so they read as two same-weight colours.
Medium Aquamarine text on Sandy Brown: 1.06:1 (Fail); Sandy Brown text on Medium Aquamarine: 1.06:1 (Fail). Neither meets AA at body size — nudging one color to #005240 clears it.
Split-complementary — split-complementary — a recognised, balanced pairing (harmony 88/100). 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 #005240 clears AA.
Their CIE76 ΔE is about 55 — very different.
clearly different colours (ΔE 55).
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