Combination 233 is a colorful color combination of 3 colors, combination 233 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Carmine Red #A62C37, Buffy Citrine #96874D, Violet Blue #40456A. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 2.58:1). 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#96874D on #40456A · WCAG 2.58:1 · APCA Lc -26
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
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