Showa era
Cream Yellow & Blue +1
Plate 215 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Cream Yellow, Blue, Eupatorium Purple.
#bf5892
purple · 3 palettes
Eupatorium Purple
About Eupatorium Purple
Eupatorium Purple is a mid-tone, muted purple tone. Its hex value is #bf5892 — that is
RGB 191, 88, 146, or HSL 326°, 45%, 55%.
It holds 5.0:1 contrast against dark, so Eupatorium Purple works best for body text, headings, and UI labels. (On white it scores 4.2:1; on black 5.0:1.)
Across Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, Eupatorium Purple appears in 3 combinations — most often paired with Cream Yellow, Blue and Grenadine Pink.
Palettes with Eupatorium Purple
Eupatorium Purple appears in 3 combinations from the archive. Each pairing reveals how the same color shifts character depending on its neighbours.
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