Carmine Red
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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.
Dark & moderate
Lightness 41 (range 31–49)
Colorfulness 0.127
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 17
Closest pair ΔE 17.3 · average ΔE 25.0
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Cotinga Purple on Carmine Red (2.0:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaCarmine Red · Violet | 1.3:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaCarmine Red · Cotinga Purple | 2.0:1Low | 14 / 15 |
| AaAaViolet · Cotinga Purple | 1.6:1Low | 8 / 8 |
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. 181 */
:root {
--carmine-red: #a62c37; /* Carmine Red */
--violet: #4f4086; /* Violet */
--cotinga-purple: #501345; /* Cotinga Purple */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 181 */
@theme {
--color-carmine-red: #a62c37;
--color-violet: #4f4086;
--color-cotinga-purple: #501345;
}
{
"id": 181,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Carmine Red",
"hex": "#a62c37",
"rgb": [
166,
44,
55
],
"cmyk": [
25,
95,
80,
16
]
},
{
"name": "Violet",
"hex": "#4f4086",
"rgb": [
79,
64,
134
],
"cmyk": [
85,
90,
18,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Cotinga Purple",
"hex": "#501345",
"rgb": [
80,
19,
69
],
"cmyk": [
66,
100,
42,
40
]
}
]
}