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 82 (range 71–95)
Colorfulness 0.085
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 24
Closest pair ΔE 23.8 · average ΔE 31.8
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Pale Lemon Yellow on Spinel Red (2.4:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaSpinel Red · Pale Lemon Yellow | 2.4:1Low | 43 / 47 |
| AaAaSpinel Red · Neutral Gray | 1.5:1Low | 15 / 17 |
| AaAaPale Lemon Yellow · Neutral Gray | 1.6:1Low | 29 / 26 |
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. 195 */
:root {
--spinel-red: #f27291; /* Spinel Red */
--pale-lemon-yellow: #ffefae; /* Pale Lemon Yellow */
--neutral-gray: #b6bfc1; /* Neutral Gray */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 195 */
@theme {
--color-spinel-red: #f27291;
--color-pale-lemon-yellow: #ffefae;
--color-neutral-gray: #b6bfc1;
}
{
"id": 195,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Spinel Red",
"hex": "#f27291",
"rgb": [
242,
114,
145
],
"cmyk": [
0,
70,
21,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Pale Lemon Yellow",
"hex": "#ffefae",
"rgb": [
255,
239,
174
],
"cmyk": [
0,
4,
38,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Neutral Gray",
"hex": "#b6bfc1",
"rgb": [
182,
191,
193
],
"cmyk": [
29,
18,
20,
0
]
}
]
}