Carmine 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.
Medium & moderate
Lightness 50 (range 40–62)
Colorfulness 0.100
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 32
Closest pair ΔE 31.9 · average ΔE 39.0
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Buffy Citrine on Violet Blue (2.6:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaCarmine Red · Buffy Citrine | 1.9:1Low | 17 / 18 |
| AaAaCarmine Red · Violet Blue | 1.3:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaBuffy Citrine · Violet Blue | 2.6:1Low | 26 / 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. 233 */
:root {
--carmine-red: #a62c37; /* Carmine Red */
--buffy-citrine: #96874d; /* Buffy Citrine */
--violet-blue: #40456a; /* Violet Blue */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 233 */
@theme {
--color-carmine-red: #a62c37;
--color-buffy-citrine: #96874d;
--color-violet-blue: #40456a;
}
{
"id": 233,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Carmine Red",
"hex": "#a62c37",
"rgb": [
166,
44,
55
],
"cmyk": [
25,
95,
80,
16
]
},
{
"name": "Buffy Citrine",
"hex": "#96874d",
"rgb": [
150,
135,
77
],
"cmyk": [
42,
40,
82,
8
]
},
{
"name": "Violet Blue",
"hex": "#40456a",
"rgb": [
64,
69,
106
],
"cmyk": [
85,
79,
38,
16
]
}
]
}