#A5E4D3 · #D8CCFD
Four independent scores (read the one that fits your goal): Readability 1/100 (fail) · Harmony 54/100 (triadic (soft)) · Distinguishable 32/100 (hard to tell apart) · Match 3/100 (different). There is no single “good/bad” — a pair can clash for text yet be great for an outfit.
Powder Blue and Periwinkle are very different (ΔE 44). They have distinctly different hues (91° apart) and their lightness is similar, so they read as two same-weight colours.
Powder Blue text on Periwinkle: 1.05:1 (Fail); Periwinkle text on Powder Blue: 1.05:1 (Fail). Neither meets AA at body size — nudging one color to #276558 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 #276558 clears AA.
Their CIE76 ΔE is about 44 — very different.
clearly different colours (ΔE 44).
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