Combination 95 is a dark color combination of 2 colors, combination 95 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Hay'S Russet #793327, Dull Violet Black #1E0E3F. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 1.95:1). The colors stay apart for the three common kinds of color blindness. Not every color prints on coated paper: the furthest is ΔE00 3.4 off (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#793327 on #1E0E3F · WCAG 1.95:1 · APCA Lc -10.6
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
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