Fawn
Scarlet
English Red
Cobalt Green

No. 308

4-color combination

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Colors

Fawn

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Scarlet

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English Red

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Cobalt Green

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Background, surface, text and accent, taken from one of Wada’s combinations.

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Combination No. 308 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

Medium & moderate

Lightness 70 (range 56–81)
Colorfulness 0.119

Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).

Harmony

Color wheel with the combination’s hues; distance from the center shows colorfulnessFawnScarletEnglish RedCobalt Green

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

  • FawnWarm
  • ScarletWarm
  • English RedWarm
  • Cobalt GreenCool

Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.

Distinctness

ΔE 22

Closest pair ΔE 21.5 · average ΔE 37.7

CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Cobalt Green on Scarlet (3.0:1)

ContrastWCAGAPCA Lc
AaAaFawn · Scarlet2.6:1Low35 / 33
AaAaFawn · English Red1.8:1Low24 / 22
AaAaFawn · Cobalt Green1.1:1Low0 / 0
AaAaScarlet · English Red1.5:1Low10 / 11
AaAaScarlet · Cobalt Green3.0:1Low40 / 43
AaAaEnglish Red · Cobalt Green2.0:1Low29 / 31

WCAG 2 contrast ratio for text, and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for each text/background direction.

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 308 */
:root {
  --fawn: #d1b0a7; /* Fawn */
  --scarlet: #cb2f43; /* Scarlet */
  --english-red: #d96629; /* English Red */
  --cobalt-green: #96d1aa; /* Cobalt Green */
}

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