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Combination 164

Sanzo Wada · Red Orange · Orange Yellow · Violet

Combination 164 is a vivid color combination of 3 colors, combination 164 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Red Orange #DD4027, Orange Yellow #FCB315, Violet #4F4086. Its most readable text pair is #FCB315 on #4F4086 (WCAG 4.81:1, AA). The colors stay apart for the three common kinds of color blindness. All of them print on coated paper (FOGRA39).

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

The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#DD4027 Red Orange221 64 39(0.5996 0.1977 31.8)5/86/91/0
#FCB315 Orange Yellow252 179 21(0.8149 0.1663 78.4)0/35/92/0
#4F4086 Violet79 64 134(0.4230 0.1127 290.6)82/83/12/2

All colors print on coated paper (largest shift ΔE00 0.6).

Best text pair

AA · 4.81:1
The quick brown fox#FCB315 on #4F4086 · WCAG 4.81:1 · APCA Lc -55.5

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 20.3
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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