Combination 213
Sanzo Wada · Vinaceous Cinnamon · Apricot Yellow · Pale King's Blue
Combination 213 is a pastel, light, colorful color combination of 3 colors, combination 213 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Vinaceous Cinnamon #EEA78C, Apricot Yellow #FFDD00, Pale King'S Blue #A7D4E4. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 1.48:1). 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
Best text pair
The quick brown fox#EEA78C on #FFDD00 · WCAG 1.48:1 · APCA Lc 19.2
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
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