Showa era
Hermosa Pink & Seashell Pink +1
Plate 176 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Hermosa Pink, Seashell Pink, Calamine BLue.
pink · 3 palettes
Hermosa Pink is a light, vivid pink tone. Its hex value is #f9c1ce — that is
RGB 249, 193, 206, or HSL 346°, 82%, 87%.
It holds 13.5:1 contrast against dark, so Hermosa Pink works best for body text, headings, and UI labels. (On white it scores 1.6:1; on black 13.5:1.)
Across Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, Hermosa Pink appears in 3 combinations — most often paired with Seashell Pink, Calamine BLue and Light Glaucous Blue.
Hermosa Pink appears in 3 combinations from the archive. Each pairing reveals how the same color shifts character depending on its neighbours.
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