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No. 61 (Rust and Blue)

Inspired by Mark Rothko

No. 61 (Rust and Blue) is a dark, cool palette of 5 colors inspired by the colors of No. 61 (Rust and Blue) by Mark Rothko (1953): #3C5ABA, #364187, #3B395D, #2B2444, #3B111E. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 2.62:1). Some colors get hard to tell apart with color blindness (closest pair ΔE00 6.4). All of them print on coated paper (FOGRA39).

Colors sampled from the work, which is still under copyright, so no image is shown here.

The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#3C5ABA60 90 186(0.4984 0.1553 267.4)83/67/0/0
#36418754 65 135(0.4051 0.1166 273.4)92/81/12/2
#3B395D59 57 93(0.3636 0.0614 285.4)84/79/35/29
#2B244443 36 68(0.2847 0.0578 292.4)90/90/40/47
#3B111E59 17 30(0.2512 0.0676 4.1)50/89/52/76

All colors print on coated paper (largest shift ΔE00 2.6).

Best text pair

below AA · 2.62:1
The quick brown fox#3C5ABA on #3B111E · WCAG 2.62:1 · APCA Lc -18.7

Color blindness

check · closest ΔE00 6.4
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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