Grenadine 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 81 (range 73–87)
Colorfulness 0.102
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 12
Closest pair ΔE 12.0 · average ΔE 33.0
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Turquoise Green on Grenadine Pink (1.8:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaGrenadine Pink · Cream Yellow | 1.6:1Low | 20 / 22 |
| AaAaGrenadine Pink · Turquoise Green | 1.8:1Low | 26 / 28 |
| AaAaGrenadine Pink · Calamine Blue | 1.4:1Low | 14 / 16 |
| AaAaCream Yellow · Turquoise Green | 1.1:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaCream Yellow · Calamine Blue | 1.1:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaTurquoise Green · Calamine Blue | 1.3:1Low | 12 / 10 |
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. 300 */
:root {
--grenadine-pink: #f48067; /* Grenadine Pink */
--cream-yellow: #fdbf68; /* Cream Yellow */
--turquoise-green: #b5decc; /* Turquoise Green */
--calamine-blue: #78cdd0; /* Calamine Blue */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 300 */
@theme {
--color-grenadine-pink: #f48067;
--color-cream-yellow: #fdbf68;
--color-turquoise-green: #b5decc;
--color-calamine-blue: #78cdd0;
}
{
"id": 300,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Grenadine Pink",
"hex": "#f48067",
"rgb": [
244,
128,
103
],
"cmyk": [
0,
62,
58,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Cream Yellow",
"hex": "#fdbf68",
"rgb": [
253,
191,
104
],
"cmyk": [
0,
28,
68,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Turquoise Green",
"hex": "#b5decc",
"rgb": [
181,
222,
204
],
"cmyk": [
29,
0,
24,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Calamine Blue",
"hex": "#78cdd0",
"rgb": [
120,
205,
208
],
"cmyk": [
50,
0,
20,
0
]
}
]
}