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Combination 236

Sanzo Wada · Khaki · Deep Lyons Blue · Purple Drab

Combination 236 is a colorful color combination of 3 colors, combination 236 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Khaki #BC892B, Deep Lyons Blue #1C4286, Purple Drab #84565B. Its most readable text pair is #BC892B on #1C4286 (WCAG 3.11:1, AA large). 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
#BC892B Khaki188 137 43(0.6641 0.1227 78.3)22/44/91/12
#1C4286 Deep Lyons Blue28 66 134(0.3926 0.1222 261.0)98/80/15/3
#84565B Purple Drab132 86 91(0.5051 0.0615 12.4)36/63/45/33

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

Best text pair

AA large · 3.11:1
The quick brown fox#BC892B on #1C4286 · WCAG 3.11:1 · APCA Lc -32.2

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 19.4
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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