Raw Sienna
Carmine Red
Violet

No. 130

3-color combination

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Colors

Raw Sienna

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RGB
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Carmine Red

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Violet

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Combination No. 130 in use

The palette applied to simple layouts. Colors are assigned to roles automatically; try other arrangements.

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Background, surface, text and accent, taken from one of Wada’s combinations.

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Combination No. 130 as a living room

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.

Readable text pairs

No pair of colors in this combination reaches a contrast of 3:1, so it is best used without text.

Analysis

Character

Medium & vivid

Lightness 51 (range 42–62)
Colorfulness 0.133

Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).

Harmony

Color wheel with the combination’s hues; distance from the center shows colorfulnessRaw SiennaCarmine RedViolet

Complementary

Includes hues from opposite sides of the color wheel.

A heuristic based on the painter’s color wheel. Wada’s combinations often ignore textbook rules, which is part of their appeal.

Temperature

Warm & cool

  • Raw SiennaWarm
  • Carmine RedWarm
  • VioletCool

Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.

Distinctness

ΔE 29

Closest pair ΔE 29.3 · average ΔE 37.0

CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Raw Sienna on Violet (2.3:1)

ContrastWCAGAPCA Lc
AaAaRaw Sienna · Carmine Red1.8:1Low16 / 15
AaAaRaw Sienna · Violet2.3:1Low23 / 22
AaAaCarmine Red · Violet1.3:1Low0 / 0

WCAG 2 contrast ratio for text, and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for each text/background direction.

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 130 */
:root {
  --raw-sienna: #bb7125; /* Raw Sienna */
  --carmine-red: #a62c37; /* Carmine Red */
  --violet: #4f4086; /* Violet */
}

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