Benzol Green
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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 71 (range 61–81)
Colorfulness 0.073
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Monochromatic
Variations of a single hue.
A heuristic based on the painter’s color wheel. Wada’s combinations often ignore textbook rules, which is part of their appeal.
Cool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 23
Closest pair ΔE 23.4 · average ΔE 23.4
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Light Glaucous Blue on Benzol Green (2.0:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaBenzol Green · Light Glaucous Blue | 2.0:1Low | 28 / 31 |
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. 54 */
:root {
--benzol-green: #00978d; /* Benzol Green */
--light-glaucous-blue: #a5c8d1; /* Light Glaucous Blue */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 54 */
@theme {
--color-benzol-green: #00978d;
--color-light-glaucous-blue: #a5c8d1;
}
{
"id": 54,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Benzol Green",
"hex": "#00978d",
"rgb": [
0,
151,
141
],
"cmyk": [
100,
15,
55,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Light Glaucous Blue",
"hex": "#a5c8d1",
"rgb": [
165,
200,
209
],
"cmyk": [
35,
10,
14,
0
]
}
]
}