Combination 223
Sanzo Wada · Light Brown Drab · Ochraceous Salmon · Turquoise Green
Combination 223 is a muted color combination of 3 colors, combination 223 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Light Brown Drab #B59392, Ochraceous Salmon #D8A37B, Turquoise Green #B5DECC. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 1.89:1). 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#B59392 on #B5DECC · WCAG 1.89:1 · APCA Lc 29
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
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