Brick Red
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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.
Dark & vivid
Lightness 44 (range 37–51)
Colorfulness 0.133
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
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.
Warm & cool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 37
Closest pair ΔE 37.3 · average ΔE 37.3
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Red Violet on Brick Red (1.8:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaBrick Red · Red Violet | 1.8:1Low | 13 / 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. 37 */
:root {
--brick-red: #a84222; /* Brick Red */
--red-violet: #59256a; /* Red Violet */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 37 */
@theme {
--color-brick-red: #a84222;
--color-red-violet: #59256a;
}
{
"id": 37,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Brick Red",
"hex": "#a84222",
"rgb": [
168,
66,
34
],
"cmyk": [
22,
84,
100,
18
]
},
{
"name": "Red Violet",
"hex": "#59256a",
"rgb": [
89,
37,
106
],
"cmyk": [
76,
100,
25,
15
]
}
]
}