Coral Red
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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 68 (range 61–75)
Colorfulness 0.117
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Complementary
Includes hues from opposite sides of 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.
Warm & cool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 53
Closest pair ΔE 52.9 · average ΔE 52.9
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Coral Red on Benzol Green (1.6:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaCoral Red · Benzol Green | 1.6:1Low | 18 / 16 |
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. 92 */
:root {
--coral-red: #f58e84; /* Coral Red */
--benzol-green: #00978d; /* Benzol Green */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 92 */
@theme {
--color-coral-red: #f58e84;
--color-benzol-green: #00978d;
}
{
"id": 92,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Coral Red",
"hex": "#f58e84",
"rgb": [
245,
142,
132
],
"cmyk": [
0,
55,
40,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Benzol Green",
"hex": "#00978d",
"rgb": [
0,
151,
141
],
"cmyk": [
100,
15,
55,
0
]
}
]
}