Combination 251 is a color combination of 4 colors, combination 251 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Red #A72144, Yellow #FFF200, Diamine Green #1A7444, Slate Color #34454C. Its most readable text pair is #FFF200 on #34454C (WCAG 8.54:1, AAA). Some colors get hard to tell apart with color blindness (closest pair ΔE00 2). 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#FFF200 on #34454C · WCAG 8.54:1 · APCA Lc -85.9
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
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