Ivory Buff
Light Glaucous Blue
Green Blue

No. 178

3-color combination

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Colors

Ivory Buff

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Green Blue

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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. 178 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

Light & muted

Lightness 76 (range 60–87)
Colorfulness 0.070

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

Harmony

Color wheel with the combination’s hues; distance from the center shows colorfulnessIvory BuffLight Glaucous BlueGreen Blue

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.

Temperature

Warm & cool

  • Ivory BuffWarm
  • Light Glaucous BlueCool
  • Green BlueCool

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

Distinctness

ΔE 23

Closest pair ΔE 22.5 · average ΔE 29.4

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

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Ivory Buff on Green Blue (2.6:1)

ContrastWCAGAPCA Lc
AaAaIvory Buff · Light Glaucous Blue1.2:1Low10 / 9
AaAaIvory Buff · Green Blue2.6:1Low44 / 41
AaAaLight Glaucous Blue · Green Blue2.1:1Low33 / 30

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

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 178 */
:root {
  --ivory-buff: #ebd3a2; /* Ivory Buff */
  --light-glaucous-blue: #a5c8d1; /* Light Glaucous Blue */
  --green-blue: #099197; /* Green Blue */
}

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