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Combination 290

Sanzo Wada · Vistoris Lake · Pale Lemon Yellow · Lincoln Green · Cobalt Green

Combination 290 is a color combination of 4 colors, combination 290 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Vistoris Lake #6D4145, Pale Lemon Yellow #FFEFAE, Lincoln Green #555832, Cobalt Green #96D1AA. Its most readable text pair is #6D4145 on #FFEFAE (WCAG 7.31:1, AAA). 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

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#6D4145 Vistoris Lake109 65 69(0.4286 0.0615 14.1)38/69/50/48
#FFEFAE Pale Lemon Yellow255 239 174(0.9498 0.0841 95.9)0/5/41/0
#555832 Lincoln Green85 88 50(0.4477 0.0569 112.4)60/45/83/43
#96D1AA Cobalt Green150 209 170(0.8096 0.0820 155.2)46/0/43/0

All colors print on coated paper (largest shift ΔE00 1.3).

Best text pair

AAA · 7.31:1
The quick brown fox#6D4145 on #FFEFAE · WCAG 7.31:1 · APCA Lc 79.2

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 8.2
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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