Grenadine Pink
Olive
Cobalt Green

No. 201

3-color combination

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Colors

Olive

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Cobalt Green

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Combination No. 201 in use

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

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Combination No. 201 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 58–81)
Colorfulness 0.109

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

Harmony

Color wheel with the combination’s hues; distance from the center shows colorfulnessGrenadine PinkOliveCobalt Green

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

  • Grenadine PinkWarm
  • OliveWarm
  • Cobalt GreenCool

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

Distinctness

ΔE 30

Closest pair ΔE 29.5 · average ΔE 38.9

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

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Cobalt Green on Olive (2.4:1)

ContrastWCAGAPCA Lc
AaAaGrenadine Pink · Olive1.6:1Low18 / 17
AaAaGrenadine Pink · Cobalt Green1.5:1Low16 / 18
AaAaOlive · Cobalt Green2.4:1Low35 / 37

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

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 201 */
:root {
  --grenadine-pink: #f48067; /* Grenadine Pink */
  --olive: #837e31; /* Olive */
  --cobalt-green: #96d1aa; /* Cobalt Green */
}

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