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Combination 204

Sanzo Wada · Rosolanc Purple · Cinnamon Rufous · Light Glaucous Blue

Combination 204 is a colorful color combination of 3 colors, combination 204 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Rosolanc Purple #B73F74, Cinnamon Rufous #C27544, Light Glaucous Blue #A5C8D1. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 2.96:1). The colors stay apart for the three common kinds of color blindness. All of them print on coated paper (FOGRA39).

colorful

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
#C27544 Cinnamon Rufous194 117 68(0.6363 0.1163 51.7)20/59/77/8
#A5C8D1 Light Glaucous Blue165 200 209(0.8102 0.0394 215.1)39/11/17/0

All colors print on coated paper (largest shift ΔE00 0.7).

Best text pair

below AA · 2.96:1
The quick brown fox#B73F74 on #A5C8D1 · WCAG 2.96:1 · APCA Lc 40.3

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 11.8
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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