Benzol Green
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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 69 (range 61–78)
Colorfulness 0.081
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Analogous
Neighboring hues on 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.
Cool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 34
Closest pair ΔE 33.5 · average ΔE 33.5
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Grayish Lavender A on Benzol Green (1.8:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaBenzol Green · Grayish Lavender A | 1.8:1Low | 21 / 23 |
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. 15 */
:root {
--benzol-green: #00978d; /* Benzol Green */
--grayish-lavender-a: #b5b1d8; /* Grayish Lavender A */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 15 */
@theme {
--color-benzol-green: #00978d;
--color-grayish-lavender-a: #b5b1d8;
}
{
"id": 15,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Benzol Green",
"hex": "#00978d",
"rgb": [
0,
151,
141
],
"cmyk": [
100,
15,
55,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Grayish Lavender A",
"hex": "#b5b1d8",
"rgb": [
181,
177,
216
],
"cmyk": [
28,
28,
0,
0
]
}
]
}