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Combination 125

Sanzo Wada · Fawn · Cerulian Blue · Violet Blue

Combination 125 is a muted color combination of 3 colors, combination 125 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Fawn #D1B0A7, Cerulian Blue #0093A5, Violet Blue #40456A. Its most readable text pair is #D1B0A7 on #40456A (WCAG 4.6:1, AA). The colors stay apart for the three common kinds of color blindness. All of them print on coated paper (FOGRA39).

muted

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

The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#D1B0A7 Fawn209 176 167(0.7837 0.0406 35.7)17/33/31/4
#0093A5 Cerulian Blue0 147 165(0.6076 0.1051 209.9)79/21/32/4
#40456A Violet Blue64 69 106(0.4027 0.0626 277.3)82/73/33/22

All colors print on coated paper (largest shift ΔE00 0.8).

Best text pair

AA · 4.6:1
The quick brown fox#D1B0A7 on #40456A · WCAG 4.6:1 · APCA Lc -51.2

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 21.2
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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