Victoria Lake
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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 52 (range 43–61)
Colorfulness 0.083
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Free
No classic color-wheel relationship.
A heuristic based on the painter’s color wheel. Wada’s combinations often ignore textbook rules, which is part of their appeal.
Warm & cool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 55
Closest pair ΔE 54.7 · average ΔE 54.7
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Cerulean Blue on Victoria Lake (2.3:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaVictoria Lake · Cerulean Blue | 2.3:1Low | 23 / 24 |
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. 63 */
:root {
--victoria-lake: #6d4145; /* Victoria Lake */
--cerulean-blue: #0093a5; /* Cerulean Blue */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 63 */
@theme {
--color-victoria-lake: #6d4145;
--color-cerulean-blue: #0093a5;
}
{
"id": 63,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Victoria Lake",
"hex": "#6d4145",
"rgb": [
109,
65,
69
],
"cmyk": [
40,
71,
55,
40
]
},
{
"name": "Cerulean Blue",
"hex": "#0093a5",
"rgb": [
0,
147,
165
],
"cmyk": [
84,
26,
32,
0
]
}
]
}