Isabella Color
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The palette applied to simple layouts. Colors are assigned to roles automatically; try other arrangements.
Color study
A dictionary of color
Background, surface, text and accent, taken from one of Wada’s combinations.
Painted following the 60-30-10 rule: about 60% wall color, 30% for the sofa, 10% for cushions, throw and vase. A fourth color goes to the rug and curtains; otherwise they stay undyed. Floor and ceiling stay neutral; the print shows the whole palette.
No pair of colors in this combination reaches a contrast of 3:1, so it is best used without text.
Medium & moderate
Lightness 67 (range 60–74)
Colorfulness 0.091
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Free
No classic color-wheel relationship.
A heuristic based on the painter’s color wheel. Wada’s combinations often ignore textbook rules, which is part of their appeal.
Warm & cool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 36
Closest pair ΔE 36.2 · average ΔE 36.2
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Isabella Color on Green Blue (1.6:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaIsabella Color · Green Blue | 1.6:1Low | 19 / 17 |
WCAG 2 contrast ratio for text, and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for each text/background direction.
The closest palettes in perceptual color space (OKLab).
Copy the palette as code or download it as an image.
/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 12 */
:root {
--isabella-color: #c5a56e; /* Isabella Color */
--green-blue: #099197; /* Green Blue */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 12 */
@theme {
--color-isabella-color: #c5a56e;
--color-green-blue: #099197;
}
{
"id": 12,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Isabella Color",
"hex": "#c5a56e",
"rgb": [
197,
165,
110
],
"cmyk": [
15,
28,
60,
10
]
},
{
"name": "Green Blue",
"hex": "#099197",
"rgb": [
9,
145,
151
],
"cmyk": [
82,
24,
40,
3
]
}
]
}