Combination 331

Sanzo Wada · Indian Lake · Dull Violet Black · Light Mauve · Violet

Combination 331 is a color combination of 4 colors, combination 331 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Indian Lake #C53C69, Dull Violet Black #1E0E3F, Light Mauve #9A72AA, Violet #4F4086. Its most readable text pair is #1E0E3F on #9A72AA (WCAG 4.51:1, 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).

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
#C53C69 Indian Lake	197 60 105	(0.5671 0.1757 4.8)	17/87/34/5
#1E0E3F Dull Violet Black	30 14 63	(0.2213 0.0879 292.8)	100/100/39/49 ⚠ ΔE 3.4
#9A72AA Light Mauve	154 114 170	(0.6123 0.0940 316.0)	46/61/6/0
#4F4086 Violet	79 64 134	(0.4230 0.1127 290.6)	82/83/12/2