Combination 277

Sanzo Wada · Spinel Red · Rosolanc Purple · Olive · Dull Violet Black

Combination 277 is a colorful color combination of 4 colors, combination 277 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Spinel Red #F27291, Rosolanc Purple #B73F74, Olive #837E31, Dull Violet Black #1E0E3F. Its most readable text pair is #F27291 on #1E0E3F (WCAG 6.38:1, AA). The colors stay apart for the three common kinds of color blindness. Not every color prints on coated paper: the furthest is ΔE00 3.4 off (FOGRA39).

colorful

Colors converted from the book's printed CMYK by Matt DesLauriers, after Dain M. Blodorn Kim (MIT).

The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39

Color	RGB	OKLCH	CMYK
#F27291 Spinel Red	242 114 145	(0.7111 0.1595 6.8)	0/68/22/0
#B73F74 Rosolanc Purple	183 63 116	(0.5513 0.1625 356.5)	25/86/24/7
#837E31 Olive	131 126 49	(0.5816 0.0986 105.6)	47/35/91/22
#1E0E3F Dull Violet Black	30 14 63	(0.2213 0.0879 292.8)	100/100/39/49 ⚠ ΔE 3.4