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Combination 246

Sanzo Wada · Corinthian Pink · Brick Red · Sulpher Yellow · Cinnamon Buff

Combination 246 is a warm color combination of 4 colors, combination 246 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Corinthian Pink #F8B6BA, Brick Red #A84222, Sulpher Yellow #F5ECC2, Cinnamon Buff #FDC57E. Its most readable text pair is #A84222 on #F5ECC2 (WCAG 5.09:1, AA). Some colors get hard to tell apart with color blindness (closest pair ΔE00 3.9). 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

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#F8B6BA Corinthian Pink248 182 186(0.8383 0.0770 14.8)0/39/19/0
#A84222 Brick Red168 66 34(0.5131 0.1419 37.5)24/81/93/18
#F5ECC2 Sulpher Yellow245 236 194(0.9397 0.0555 97.3)5/6/31/0
#FDC57E Cinnamon Buff253 197 126(0.8585 0.1091 72.1)0/28/57/0

All colors print on coated paper (largest shift ΔE00 0.8).

Best text pair

AA · 5.09:1
The quick brown fox#A84222 on #F5ECC2 · WCAG 5.09:1 · APCA Lc 67.8

Color blindness

check · closest ΔE00 3.9
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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