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Combination 245

Sanzo Wada · Carmine Red · Oil Green · Dark Tyrian Blue · Slate Color

Combination 245 is a colorful color combination of 4 colors, combination 245 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Carmine Red #A62C37, Oil Green #819238, Dark Tyrian Blue #12354E, Slate Color #34454C. Its most readable text pair is #819238 on #12354E (WCAG 3.71:1, AA large). Some colors get hard to tell apart with color blindness (closest pair ΔE00 7). 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
#A62C37 Carmine Red166 44 55(0.4864 0.1576 20.6)24/93/71/18
#819238 Oil Green129 146 56(0.6275 0.1170 118.9)54/27/92/10
#12354E Dark Tyrian Blue18 53 78(0.3167 0.0601 243.1)97/73/43/43
#34454C Slate Color52 69 76(0.3786 0.0247 225.0)76/55/50/48

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

Best text pair

AA large · 3.71:1
The quick brown fox#819238 on #12354E · WCAG 3.71:1 · APCA Lc -34

Color blindness

check · closest ΔE00 7
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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