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Combination 174

Sanzo Wada · Corinthian Pink · Grayish Lavender - B · Taupe Brown

Combination 174 is a muted, warm, monochrome color combination of 3 colors, combination 174 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Corinthian Pink #F8B6BA, Grayish Lavender - B #C0A9B3, Taupe Brown #7A4456. Its most readable text pair is #F8B6BA on #7A4456 (WCAG 4.44:1, 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

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#F8B6BA Corinthian Pink248 182 186(0.8383 0.0770 14.8)0/39/19/0
#C0A9B3 Grayish Lavender - B192 169 179(0.7577 0.0299 349.7)26/35/21/3
#7A4456 Taupe Brown122 68 86(0.4572 0.0775 359.3)41/73/41/35

All colors print on coated paper (largest shift ΔE00 0.5).

Best text pair

AA large · 4.44:1
The quick brown fox#F8B6BA on #7A4456 · WCAG 4.44:1 · APCA Lc -55.6

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 8.1
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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