Pomegranate Purple
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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.
Medium & moderate
Lightness 63 (range 51–76)
Colorfulness 0.126
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 21
Closest pair ΔE 21.4 · average ΔE 33.1
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Ochraceous Salmon on Pomegranate Purple (2.8:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaPomegranate Purple · Ochraceous Salmon | 2.8:1Low | 34 / 35 |
| AaAaPomegranate Purple · Aconite Violet | 1.5:1Low | 10 / 11 |
| AaAaOchraceous Salmon · Aconite Violet | 1.8:1Low | 24 / 22 |
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. 220 */
:root {
--pomegranate-purple: #b71f57; /* Pomegranate Purple */
--ochraceous-salmon: #d8a37b; /* Ochraceous Salmon */
--aconite-violet: #a36aa5; /* Aconite Violet */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 220 */
@theme {
--color-pomegranate-purple: #b71f57;
--color-ochraceous-salmon: #d8a37b;
--color-aconite-violet: #a36aa5;
}
{
"id": 220,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Pomegranate Purple",
"hex": "#b71f57",
"rgb": [
183,
31,
87
],
"cmyk": [
23,
100,
50,
6
]
},
{
"name": "Ochraceous Salmon",
"hex": "#d8a37b",
"rgb": [
216,
163,
123
],
"cmyk": [
15,
38,
55,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Aconite Violet",
"hex": "#a36aa5",
"rgb": [
163,
106,
165
],
"cmyk": [
39,
68,
5,
0
]
}
]
}