Combination 238 is a muted, warm color combination of 3 colors, combination 238 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Ochraceous Salmon #D8A37B, Cotinga Purple #501345, Warm Gray #A1A39A. Its most readable text pair is #D8A37B on #501345 (WCAG 6.21:1, AA). 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#D8A37B on #501345 · WCAG 6.21:1 · APCA Lc -53.4
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
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