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Combination 9

Sanzo Wada · Violet Red · Dull Blue Violet

Combination 9 is a color combination of 2 colors, combination 9 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Violet Red #642D5E, Dull Blue Violet #80719E. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 2.3:1). 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

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#642D5E Violet Red100 45 94(0.3911 0.1040 331.6)64/91/30/24
#80719E Dull Blue Violet128 113 158(0.5795 0.0699 299.5)57/58/17/2

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

Best text pair

below AA · 2.3:1
The quick brown fox#642D5E on #80719E · WCAG 2.3:1 · APCA Lc 20.6

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 19
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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