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Combination 106

Sanzo Wada · Antwarp Blue · Dull Violet Black

Combination 106 is a dark, cool color combination of 2 colors, combination 106 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Antwarp Blue #007190, Dull Violet Black #1E0E3F. Its most readable text pair is #007190 on #1E0E3F (WCAG 3.16:1, AA large). The colors stay apart for the three common kinds of color blindness. Not every color prints on coated paper: the furthest is ΔE00 3.4 off (FOGRA39).

darkcool

Colors converted from the book's printed CMYK by Matt DesLauriers, after Dain M. Blodorn Kim (MIT).

The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#007190 Antwarp Blue0 113 144(0.5105 0.0970 225.3)85/40/29/12
#1E0E3F Dull Violet Black30 14 63(0.2213 0.0879 292.8)100/100/39/49 ⚠ ΔE 3.4

Some colors are outside the coated print gamut (largest shift ΔE00 3.4).

Best text pair

AA large · 3.16:1
The quick brown fox#007190 on #1E0E3F · WCAG 3.16:1 · APCA Lc -23

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 24.5
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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