Aconite Violet
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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 57 (range 52–61)
Colorfulness 0.099
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Analogous
Neighboring hues on the color wheel.
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 15
Closest pair ΔE 15.4 · average ΔE 15.4
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Aconite Violet on Dark Soft Violet (1.4:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaAconite Violet · Dark Soft Violet | 1.4:1Low | 9 / 8 |
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. 64 */
:root {
--aconite-violet: #a36aa5; /* Aconite Violet */
--dark-soft-violet: #66629c; /* Dark Soft Violet */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 64 */
@theme {
--color-aconite-violet: #a36aa5;
--color-dark-soft-violet: #66629c;
}
{
"id": 64,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Aconite Violet",
"hex": "#a36aa5",
"rgb": [
163,
106,
165
],
"cmyk": [
39,
68,
5,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Dark Soft Violet",
"hex": "#66629c",
"rgb": [
102,
98,
156
],
"cmyk": [
70,
68,
13,
0
]
}
]
}