Combination 117 is a dark color combination of 2 colors, combination 117 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Carmine #CC1236, Black #111314. Its most readable text pair is #CC1236 on #111314 (WCAG 3.29:1, AA large). The colors stay apart for the three common kinds of color blindness. All of them print on coated paper (FOGRA39).
Colors converted from the book's printed CMYK by Matt DesLauriers, after Dain M. Blodorn Kim (MIT).
The colors
Best text pair
The quick brown fox#CC1236 on #111314 · WCAG 3.29:1 · APCA Lc -25
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
Palettes like Combination 117
all palettes →DanceHenri Matisse, 1910
Combination 221Sanzo Wada · Carmine Red · Neutral Gray · Black
Combination 112Sanzo Wada · Grenadine Pink · Black
Combination 144Sanzo Wada · Rosolanc Purple · Orange · Black
Combination 232Sanzo Wada · Carmine · Pinkish Cinnamon · Deep Indigo
Combination 332Sanzo Wada · Coral Red · Scarlet · Deep Slate Olive · Dusky Green
Combination 269Sanzo Wada · Raw Sienna · Pale Burnt Lake · Aconite Violet · Black
Combination 313Sanzo Wada · Carmine · Yellow · Diamine Green · Black