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Combination 187

Sanzo Wada · Helvetia Blue · Grayish Lavender - B · Aconite Violet

Combination 187 is a color combination of 3 colors, combination 187 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Helvetia Blue #005B8D, Grayish Lavender - B #C0A9B3, Aconite Violet #A36AA5. Its most readable text pair is #005B8D on #C0A9B3 (WCAG 3.32:1, 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
#005B8D Helvetia Blue0 91 141(0.4524 0.1090 242.8)93/60/22/6
#C0A9B3 Grayish Lavender - B192 169 179(0.7577 0.0299 349.7)26/35/21/3
#A36AA5 Aconite Violet163 106 165(0.6057 0.1086 325.6)42/66/5/0

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

Best text pair

AA large · 3.32:1
The quick brown fox#005B8D on #C0A9B3 · WCAG 3.32:1 · APCA Lc 39.4

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 11.2
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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