Scarlet
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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 & vivid
Lightness 51 (range 37–59)
Colorfulness 0.148
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
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.
Warm & cool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 32
Closest pair ΔE 32.3 · average ΔE 50.7
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Red Violet on Dull Viridian Green (2.9:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaScarlet · Dull Viridian Green | 1.4:1Low | 0 / 8 |
| AaAaScarlet · Red Violet | 2.1:1Low | 18 / 19 |
| AaAaDull Viridian Green · Red Violet | 2.9:1Low | 27 / 28 |
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. 136 */
:root {
--scarlet: #cb2f43; /* Scarlet */
--dull-viridian-green: #009465; /* Dull Viridian Green */
--red-violet: #59256a; /* Red Violet */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 136 */
@theme {
--color-scarlet: #cb2f43;
--color-dull-viridian-green: #009465;
--color-red-violet: #59256a;
}
{
"id": 136,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Scarlet",
"hex": "#cb2f43",
"rgb": [
203,
47,
67
],
"cmyk": [
10,
95,
72,
7
]
},
{
"name": "Dull Viridian Green",
"hex": "#009465",
"rgb": [
0,
148,
101
],
"cmyk": [
90,
20,
80,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Red Violet",
"hex": "#59256a",
"rgb": [
89,
37,
106
],
"cmyk": [
76,
100,
25,
15
]
}
]
}