Jasper Red
Seashell Pink
Olympic Blue

No. 194

3-color combination

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Colors

Jasper Red

HEX
RGB
CMYK

Olympic Blue

HEX
RGB
CMYK

Combination No. 194 in use

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Background, surface, text and accent, taken from one of Wada’s combinations.

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Combination No. 194 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

Medium & moderate

Lightness 71 (range 60–90)
Colorfulness 0.113

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

Harmony

Color wheel with the combination’s hues; distance from the center shows colorfulnessJasper RedSeashell PinkOlympic Blue

Complementary

Includes hues from opposite sides of the color wheel.

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

  • Jasper RedWarm
  • Seashell PinkWarm
  • Olympic BlueCool

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

Distinctness

ΔE 31

Closest pair ΔE 30.8 · average ΔE 38.7

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

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Seashell Pink on Olympic Blue (2.9:1)

ContrastWCAGAPCA Lc
AaAaJasper Red · Seashell Pink2.7:1Low42 / 46
AaAaJasper Red · Olympic Blue1.1:1Low0 / 0
AaAaSeashell Pink · Olympic Blue2.9:1Low50 / 47

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

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 194 */
:root {
  --jasper-red: #eb5324; /* Jasper Red */
  --seashell-pink: #fdd4bd; /* Seashell Pink */
  --olympic-blue: #5a82b3; /* Olympic Blue */
}

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