Indian Lake
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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 51–79)
Colorfulness 0.121
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 32
Closest pair ΔE 31.9 · average ΔE 45.7
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Vinaceous Cinnamon on Antwerp Blue (2.8:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaIndian Lake · Vinaceous Cinnamon | 2.5:1Low | 33 / 35 |
| AaAaIndian Lake · Oil Green | 1.4:1Low | 10 / 11 |
| AaAaIndian Lake · Antwerp Blue | 1.1:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaVinaceous Cinnamon · Oil Green | 1.7:1Low | 23 / 21 |
| AaAaVinaceous Cinnamon · Antwerp Blue | 2.8:1Low | 39 / 37 |
| AaAaOil Green · Antwerp Blue | 1.6:1Low | 15 / 14 |
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. 299 */
:root {
--indian-lake: #c53c69; /* Indian Lake */
--vinaceous-cinnamon: #eea78c; /* Vinaceous Cinnamon */
--oil-green: #819238; /* Oil Green */
--antwerp-blue: #007190; /* Antwerp Blue */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 299 */
@theme {
--color-indian-lake: #c53c69;
--color-vinaceous-cinnamon: #eea78c;
--color-oil-green: #819238;
--color-antwerp-blue: #007190;
}
{
"id": 299,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Indian Lake",
"hex": "#c53c69",
"rgb": [
197,
60,
105
],
"cmyk": [
12,
89,
35,
9
]
},
{
"name": "Vinaceous Cinnamon",
"hex": "#eea78c",
"rgb": [
238,
167,
140
],
"cmyk": [
4,
40,
42,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Oil Green",
"hex": "#819238",
"rgb": [
129,
146,
56
],
"cmyk": [
53,
28,
100,
8
]
},
{
"name": "Antwerp Blue",
"hex": "#007190",
"rgb": [
0,
113,
144
],
"cmyk": [
100,
40,
30,
10
]
}
]
}