Blue
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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 64 (range 53–71)
Colorfulness 0.081
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.
Cool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 29
Closest pair ΔE 29.1 · average ΔE 33.2
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Warm Gray on Blue (2.1:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaBlue · Lilac | 1.8:1Low | 17 / 19 |
| AaAaBlue · Warm Gray | 2.1:1Low | 24 / 25 |
| AaAaLilac · Warm Gray | 1.2:1Low | 0 / 0 |
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. 143 */
:root {
--blue: #006eb8; /* Blue */
--lilac: #b984af; /* Lilac */
--warm-gray: #a1a39a; /* Warm Gray */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 143 */
@theme {
--color-blue: #006eb8;
--color-lilac: #b984af;
--color-warm-gray: #a1a39a;
}
{
"id": 143,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Blue",
"hex": "#006eb8",
"rgb": [
0,
110,
184
],
"cmyk": [
95,
54,
0,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Lilac",
"hex": "#b984af",
"rgb": [
185,
132,
175
],
"cmyk": [
28,
54,
8,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Warm Gray",
"hex": "#a1a39a",
"rgb": [
161,
163,
154
],
"cmyk": [
37,
28,
36,
3
]
}
]
}