Spinel 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.
Light & moderate
Lightness 73 (range 60–87)
Colorfulness 0.091
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 26
Closest pair ΔE 26.2 · average ΔE 34.5
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Ivory Buff on Light Grayish Olive (2.7:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaSpinel Red · Ivory Buff | 1.9:1Low | 29 / 32 |
| AaAaSpinel Red · Light Grayish Olive | 1.5:1Low | 14 / 13 |
| AaAaIvory Buff · Light Grayish Olive | 2.7:1Low | 46 / 43 |
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. 184 */
:root {
--spinel-red: #f27291; /* Spinel Red */
--ivory-buff: #ebd3a2; /* Ivory Buff */
--light-grayish-olive: #848061; /* Light Grayish Olive */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 184 */
@theme {
--color-spinel-red: #f27291;
--color-ivory-buff: #ebd3a2;
--color-light-grayish-olive: #848061;
}
{
"id": 184,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Spinel Red",
"hex": "#f27291",
"rgb": [
242,
114,
145
],
"cmyk": [
0,
70,
21,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Ivory Buff",
"hex": "#ebd3a2",
"rgb": [
235,
211,
162
],
"cmyk": [
8,
15,
40,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Light Grayish Olive",
"hex": "#848061",
"rgb": [
132,
128,
97
],
"cmyk": [
43,
36,
62,
19
]
}
]
}