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Combination 87

Sanzo Wada · Corinthian Pink · Citron Yellow

Combination 87 is a pastel color combination of 2 colors, combination 87 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Corinthian Pink #F8B6BA, Citron Yellow #B2B73E. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 1.27:1). The colors stay apart for the three common kinds of color blindness. All of them print on coated paper (FOGRA39).

pastel

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

The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#F8B6BA Corinthian Pink248 182 186(0.8383 0.0770 14.8)0/39/19/0
#B2B73E Citron Yellow178 183 62(0.7529 0.1414 111.6)36/16/87/2

All colors print on coated paper (largest shift ΔE00 0.5).

Best text pair

below AA · 1.27:1
The quick brown fox#F8B6BA on #B2B73E · WCAG 1.27:1 · APCA Lc -11.8

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 18.9
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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