Sanzo Wada Combination No. 57: Hex Codes & Room Preview

Combination No. 57 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. 57 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

No pair of colors in this combination reaches a contrast of 3:1, so it is best used without text.

Analysis

Character

Dark & muted

Lightness 42 (range 38–46)
Colorfulness 0.051

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

Warm

Taupe BrownWarm
Slate ColorNeutral

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

Distinctness

ΔE 29

Closest pair ΔE 28.7 · average ΔE 28.7

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

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Taupe Brown on Slate Color (1.3:1)

Contrast	WCAG	APCA Lc
AaAaTaupe Brown · Slate Color	1.3:1Low	0 / 0

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

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 57 */
:root {
  --taupe-brown: #7a4456; /* Taupe Brown */
  --slate-color: #34454c; /* Slate Color */
}

/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 57 */
@theme {
  --color-taupe-brown: #7a4456;
  --color-slate-color: #34454c;
}

{
  "id": 57,
  "source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
  "colors": [
    {
      "name": "Taupe Brown",
      "hex": "#7a4456",
      "rgb": [
        122,
        68,
        86
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        30,
        70,
        35,
        40
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Slate Color",
      "hex": "#34454c",
      "rgb": [
        52,
        69,
        76
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        85,
        70,
        62,
        30
      ]
    }
  ]
}

No. 57

Taupe Brown

Slate Color

Combination No. 57 in use

Combination No. 57 as a living room

Readable text pairs

Analysis

Character

Harmony

Temperature

Distinctness

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