Seashell 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 91 (range 90–93)
Colorfulness 0.117
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Analogous
Neighboring hues on 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.
Warm
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 28
Closest pair ΔE 27.9 · average ΔE 27.9
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Seashell Pink on Lemon Yellow (1.1:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaSeashell Pink · Lemon Yellow | 1.1:1Low | 0 / 0 |
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. 45 */
:root {
--seashell-pink: #fdd4bd; /* Seashell Pink */
--lemon-yellow: #f8ed43; /* Lemon Yellow */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 45 */
@theme {
--color-seashell-pink: #fdd4bd;
--color-lemon-yellow: #f8ed43;
}
{
"id": 45,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Seashell Pink",
"hex": "#fdd4bd",
"rgb": [
253,
212,
189
],
"cmyk": [
0,
19,
23,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Lemon Yellow",
"hex": "#f8ed43",
"rgb": [
248,
237,
67
],
"cmyk": [
5,
0,
85,
0
]
}
]
}