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Combination 170

Sanzo Wada · Rosolanc Purple · Orange Yellow · Red Violet

Combination 170 is a vivid color combination of 3 colors, combination 170 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Rosolanc Purple #B73F74, Orange Yellow #FCB315, Red Violet #59256A. Its most readable text pair is #FCB315 on #59256A (WCAG 6.11:1, AA). 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

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#B73F74 Rosolanc Purple183 63 116(0.5513 0.1625 356.5)25/86/24/7
#FCB315 Orange Yellow252 179 21(0.8149 0.1663 78.4)0/35/92/0
#59256A Red Violet89 37 106(0.3707 0.1235 316.9)77/99/22/12

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

Best text pair

AA · 6.11:1
The quick brown fox#FCB315 on #59256A · WCAG 6.11:1 · APCA Lc -60.3

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 15.7
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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