Combination 57 is a muted, dark color combination of 2 colors, combination 57 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Taupe Brown #7A4456, Slate Color #34454C. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 1.33:1). Some colors get hard to tell apart with color blindness (closest pair ΔE00 3.5). 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#7A4456 on #34454C · WCAG 1.33:1 · APCA Lc 0
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
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