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Combination 212

Sanzo Wada · Pompeian Red · Orange Citrine · Salvia Blue

Combination 212 is a colorful color combination of 3 colors, combination 212 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Pompeian Red #AB2439, Orange Citrine #986F2D, Salvia Blue #97ACC8. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 2.97:1). 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
#AB2439 Pompeian Red171 36 57(0.4887 0.1697 18.3)23/96/69/16
#986F2D Orange Citrine152 111 45(0.5705 0.0972 76.3)30/49/88/26
#97ACC8 Salvia Blue151 172 200(0.7378 0.0470 255.7)45/27/13/1

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

Best text pair

below AA · 2.97:1
The quick brown fox#AB2439 on #97ACC8 · WCAG 2.97:1 · APCA Lc 34.6

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 10.3
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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