Hermosa Pink
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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 76 (range 61–86)
Colorfulness 0.070
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 21.0 · average ΔE 37.0
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Hermosa Pink on Cerulean Blue (2.4:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaHermosa Pink · Light Glaucous Blue | 1.2:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaHermosa Pink · Cerulean Blue | 2.4:1Low | 39 / 36 |
| AaAaLight Glaucous Blue · Cerulean Blue | 2.1:1Low | 31 / 29 |
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. 227 */
:root {
--hermosa-pink: #f9c1ce; /* Hermosa Pink */
--light-glaucous-blue: #a5c8d1; /* Light Glaucous Blue */
--cerulean-blue: #0093a5; /* Cerulean Blue */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 227 */
@theme {
--color-hermosa-pink: #f9c1ce;
--color-light-glaucous-blue: #a5c8d1;
--color-cerulean-blue: #0093a5;
}
{
"id": 227,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Hermosa Pink",
"hex": "#f9c1ce",
"rgb": [
249,
193,
206
],
"cmyk": [
0,
30,
6,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Light Glaucous Blue",
"hex": "#a5c8d1",
"rgb": [
165,
200,
209
],
"cmyk": [
35,
10,
14,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Cerulean Blue",
"hex": "#0093a5",
"rgb": [
0,
147,
165
],
"cmyk": [
84,
26,
32,
0
]
}
]
}