Combination 56 is a color combination of 2 colors, combination 56 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Grayish Lavender - B #C0A9B3, Violet #4F4086. Its most readable text pair is #C0A9B3 on #4F4086 (WCAG 3.97:1, AA large). 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
Best text pair
The quick brown fox#C0A9B3 on #4F4086 · WCAG 3.97:1 · APCA Lc -45.3
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
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