Etruscan 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.
Medium & moderate
Lightness 67 (range 59–76)
Colorfulness 0.089
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Accented neutral
Neutral colors with a single colored accent.
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 28.3 · average ΔE 28.3
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Grayish Lavender B on Etruscan Red (2.0:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaEtruscan Red · Grayish Lavender B | 2.0:1Low | 25 / 27 |
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. 47 */
:root {
--etruscan-red: #c55347; /* Etruscan Red */
--grayish-lavender-b: #c0a9b3; /* Grayish Lavender B */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 47 */
@theme {
--color-etruscan-red: #c55347;
--color-grayish-lavender-b: #c0a9b3;
}
{
"id": 47,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Etruscan Red",
"hex": "#c55347",
"rgb": [
197,
83,
71
],
"cmyk": [
16,
80,
74,
6
]
},
{
"name": "Grayish Lavender B",
"hex": "#c0a9b3",
"rgb": [
192,
169,
179
],
"cmyk": [
25,
33,
20,
0
]
}
]
}