Sanzo Wada Combination No. 56: Hex Codes & Room Preview

Combination No. 56 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. 56 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

Harmony in contrastViolet · 4.0:1

Harmony in contrastGrayish Lavender B · 4.0:1

Analysis

Character

Medium & moderate

Lightness 59 (range 42–76)
Colorfulness 0.071

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

Harmony

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.

Temperature

Cool

Grayish Lavender BNeutral
VioletCool

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

Distinctness

ΔE 44

Closest pair ΔE 43.5 · average ΔE 43.5

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

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Grayish Lavender B on Violet (4.0:1)

Contrast	WCAG	APCA Lc
AaAaGrayish Lavender B · Violet	4.0:1AA large	45 / 44

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

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 56 */
:root {
  --grayish-lavender-b: #c0a9b3; /* Grayish Lavender B */
  --violet: #4f4086; /* Violet */
}

/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 56 */
@theme {
  --color-grayish-lavender-b: #c0a9b3;
  --color-violet: #4f4086;
}

{
  "id": 56,
  "source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
  "colors": [
    {
      "name": "Grayish Lavender B",
      "hex": "#c0a9b3",
      "rgb": [
        192,
        169,
        179
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        25,
        33,
        20,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Violet",
      "hex": "#4f4086",
      "rgb": [
        79,
        64,
        134
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        85,
        90,
        18,
        0
      ]
    }
  ]
}

No. 56

Grayish Lavender B

Violet

Combination No. 56 in use

Combination No. 56 as a living room

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Analysis

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Harmony

Temperature

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