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Combination 69

Sanzo Wada · Warm Gray · Black

Combination 69 is a neutral color combination of 2 colors, combination 69 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Warm Gray #A1A39A, Black #111314. Its most readable text pair is #A1A39A on #111314 (WCAG 7.29:1, AAA). The colors stay apart for the three common kinds of color blindness. All of them print on coated paper (FOGRA39).

neutral

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

The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#A1A39A Warm Gray161 163 154(0.7112 0.0130 116.9)38/28/36/9
#111314 Black17 19 20(0.1849 0.0038 229.0)79/71/61/87

All colors print on coated paper (largest shift ΔE00 0.9).

Best text pair

AAA · 7.29:1
The quick brown fox#A1A39A on #111314 · WCAG 7.29:1 · APCA Lc -51.3

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 50.8
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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