Combination 78 is a pastel color combination of 2 colors, combination 78 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Pinkish Cinnamon #EEB480, Venice Green #62C6BF. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 1.11:1). 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#EEB480 on #62C6BF · WCAG 1.11:1 · APCA Lc 0
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
Palettes like Combination 78
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Combination 305Sanzo Wada · Pinkish Cinnamon · Apricot Yellow · Citron Yellow · Turquoise Green
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Denim Whisperpastel · complementary