Ivory Buff
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- CMYK
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 & muted
Lightness 76 (range 60–87)
Colorfulness 0.070
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 & cool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
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.
AaBest text pair: Ivory Buff on Green Blue (2.6:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaIvory Buff · Light Glaucous Blue | 1.2:1Low | 10 / 9 |
| AaAaIvory Buff · Green Blue | 2.6:1Low | 44 / 41 |
| AaAaLight Glaucous Blue · Green Blue | 2.1:1Low | 33 / 30 |
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. 178 */
:root {
--ivory-buff: #ebd3a2; /* Ivory Buff */
--light-glaucous-blue: #a5c8d1; /* Light Glaucous Blue */
--green-blue: #099197; /* Green Blue */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 178 */
@theme {
--color-ivory-buff: #ebd3a2;
--color-light-glaucous-blue: #a5c8d1;
--color-green-blue: #099197;
}
{
"id": 178,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Ivory Buff",
"hex": "#ebd3a2",
"rgb": [
235,
211,
162
],
"cmyk": [
8,
15,
40,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Light Glaucous Blue",
"hex": "#a5c8d1",
"rgb": [
165,
200,
209
],
"cmyk": [
35,
10,
14,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Green Blue",
"hex": "#099197",
"rgb": [
9,
145,
151
],
"cmyk": [
82,
24,
40,
3
]
}
]
}