Madder Brown
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Madder Brown
Deep Indigo
Colors
Deep Indigo
- HEX
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Combination No. 28 in use
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.
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Combination No. 28 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
Dark & moderate
Lightness 29 (range 19–40)
Colorfulness 0.086
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Harmony
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
- Madder BrownWarm
- Deep IndigoCool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
Distinctness
ΔE 35
Closest pair ΔE 35.0 · average ΔE 35.0
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
Contrast
AaBest text pair: Deep Indigo on Madder Brown (1.9:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaMadder Brown · Deep Indigo | 1.9:1Low | 10 / 11 |
WCAG 2 contrast ratio for text, and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for each text/background direction.
Similar combinations
The closest palettes in perceptual color space (OKLab).
Export
Copy the palette as code or download it as an image.
/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 28 */
:root {
--madder-brown: #762c19; /* Madder Brown */
--deep-indigo: #051230; /* Deep Indigo */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 28 */
@theme {
--color-madder-brown: #762c19;
--color-deep-indigo: #051230;
}
{
"id": 28,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Madder Brown",
"hex": "#762c19",
"rgb": [
118,
44,
25
],
"cmyk": [
36,
88,
100,
38
]
},
{
"name": "Deep Indigo",
"hex": "#051230",
"rgb": [
5,
18,
48
],
"cmyk": [
100,
92,
52,
60
]
}
]
}