Seashell Pink
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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.
Light & moderate
Lightness 83 (range 75–90)
Colorfulness 0.076
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
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 25
Closest pair ΔE 24.9 · average ΔE 26.7
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Seashell Pink on Citron Yellow (1.6:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaSeashell Pink · Citron Yellow | 1.6:1Low | 25 / 22 |
| AaAaSeashell Pink · Glaucous Green | 1.2:1Low | 11 / 10 |
| AaAaCitron Yellow · Glaucous Green | 1.3:1Low | 10 / 12 |
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. 150 */
:root {
--seashell-pink: #fdd4bd; /* Seashell Pink */
--citron-yellow: #b2b73e; /* Citron Yellow */
--glaucous-green: #b4cdc2; /* Glaucous Green */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 150 */
@theme {
--color-seashell-pink: #fdd4bd;
--color-citron-yellow: #b2b73e;
--color-glaucous-green: #b4cdc2;
}
{
"id": 150,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Seashell Pink",
"hex": "#fdd4bd",
"rgb": [
253,
212,
189
],
"cmyk": [
0,
19,
23,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Citron Yellow",
"hex": "#b2b73e",
"rgb": [
178,
183,
62
],
"cmyk": [
35,
17,
95,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Glaucous Green",
"hex": "#b4cdc2",
"rgb": [
180,
205,
194
],
"cmyk": [
30,
9,
24,
0
]
}
]
}