Olive Buff
Nile Blue
Salvia Blue
Green Blue

No. 330

4-color combination

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Colors

Olive Buff

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Nile Blue

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Salvia Blue

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Green Blue

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Combination No. 330 in use

The palette applied to simple layouts. Colors are assigned to roles automatically; try other arrangements.

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

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Combination No. 330 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

Light & muted

Lightness 76 (range 60–89)
Colorfulness 0.063

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

Harmony

Color wheel with the combination’s hues; distance from the center shows colorfulnessOlive BuffNile BlueSalvia BlueGreen Blue

Free

No classic color-wheel relationship.

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

  • Olive BuffWarm
  • Nile BlueCool
  • Salvia BlueCool
  • Green BlueCool

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

Distinctness

ΔE 19

Closest pair ΔE 19.2 · average ΔE 25.8

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

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Nile Blue on Green Blue (2.8:1)

ContrastWCAGAPCA Lc
AaAaOlive Buff · Nile Blue1.3:1Low14 / 16
AaAaOlive Buff · Salvia Blue1.3:1Low12 / 10
AaAaOlive Buff · Green Blue2.1:1Low32 / 29
AaAaNile Blue · Salvia Blue1.7:1Low28 / 26
AaAaNile Blue · Green Blue2.8:1Low48 / 45
AaAaSalvia Blue · Green Blue1.6:1Low19 / 17

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

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 330 */
:root {
  --olive-buff: #c1c494; /* Olive Buff */
  --nile-blue: #bce4e5; /* Nile Blue */
  --salvia-blue: #97acc8; /* Salvia Blue */
  --green-blue: #099197; /* Green Blue */
}

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