Combination 161 is a colorful color combination of 3 colors, combination 161 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Brown #7C4226, Pinkish Cinnamon #EEB480, Helvetia Blue #005B8D. Its most readable text pair is #7C4226 on #EEB480 (WCAG 4.31:1, 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#7C4226 on #EEB480 · WCAG 4.31:1 · APCA Lc 50.7
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
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