Peach 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 62 (range 60–66)
Colorfulness 0.108
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Tetradic
Two pairs of complementary hues.
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 22
Closest pair ΔE 21.7 · average ΔE 35.4
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Peach Red on Olympic Blue (1.2:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaPeach Red · Dark Citrine | 1.1:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaPeach Red · Olympic Blue | 1.2:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaPeach Red · Light Mauve | 1.2:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaDark Citrine · Olympic Blue | 1.0:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaDark Citrine · Light Mauve | 1.0:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaOlympic Blue · Light Mauve | 1.0:1Low | 0 / 0 |
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. 274 */
:root {
--peach-red: #f15a30; /* Peach Red */
--dark-citrine: #8b835b; /* Dark Citrine */
--olympic-blue: #5a82b3; /* Olympic Blue */
--light-mauve: #9a72aa; /* Light Mauve */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 274 */
@theme {
--color-peach-red: #f15a30;
--color-dark-citrine: #8b835b;
--color-olympic-blue: #5a82b3;
--color-light-mauve: #9a72aa;
}
{
"id": 274,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Peach Red",
"hex": "#f15a30",
"rgb": [
241,
90,
48
],
"cmyk": [
0,
80,
90,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Dark Citrine",
"hex": "#8b835b",
"rgb": [
139,
131,
91
],
"cmyk": [
38,
34,
67,
20
]
},
{
"name": "Olympic Blue",
"hex": "#5a82b3",
"rgb": [
90,
130,
179
],
"cmyk": [
69,
44,
10,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Light Mauve",
"hex": "#9a72aa",
"rgb": [
154,
114,
170
],
"cmyk": [
43,
62,
5,
0
]
}
]
}