Showa era
Yellow Orange & Dark Tyrian Blue
Plate 2 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Yellow Orange, Dark Tyrian Blue.
#12354e
blue · 7 palettes
Dark Tyrian Blue
About Dark Tyrian Blue
Dark Tyrian Blue is a deep, vivid blue tone. Its hex value is #12354e — that is
RGB 18, 53, 78, or HSL 205°, 63%, 19%.
It holds 12.8:1 contrast against white, so Dark Tyrian Blue works best for body text, headings, and UI labels. (On white it scores 12.8:1; on black 1.6:1.)
Across Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, Dark Tyrian Blue appears in 7 combinations — most often paired with Yellow Orange, Pale Lemon Yellow and Olympic Blue.
Palettes with Dark Tyrian Blue
Dark Tyrian Blue appears in 7 combinations from the archive. Each pairing reveals how the same color shifts character depending on its neighbours.
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