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Combination 195

Sanzo Wada · Spinel Red · Pale Lemon Yellow · Neutral Gray

Combination 195 is a pastel, warm color combination of 3 colors, combination 195 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Spinel Red #F27291, Pale Lemon Yellow #FFEFAE, Neutral Gray #B6BFC1. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 2.4:1). The colors stay apart for the three common kinds of color blindness. All of them print on coated paper (FOGRA39).

Valentine's Daypastelwarm

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

The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#F27291 Spinel Red242 114 145(0.7111 0.1595 6.8)0/68/22/0
#FFEFAE Pale Lemon Yellow255 239 174(0.9498 0.0841 95.9)0/5/41/0
#B6BFC1 Neutral Gray182 191 193(0.7982 0.0104 212.5)32/20/22/2

All colors print on coated paper (largest shift ΔE00 1).

Best text pair

below AA · 2.4:1
The quick brown fox#F27291 on #FFEFAE · WCAG 2.4:1 · APCA Lc 43.2

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 14
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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