Showa era
Light Porcelain Green & Olympic Blue
Plate 44 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Light Porcelain Green, Olympic Blue.
#5a82b3
blue · 7 palettes
Olympic Blue
About Olympic Blue
Olympic Blue is a mid-tone, muted blue tone. Its hex value is #5a82b3 — that is
RGB 90, 130, 179, or HSL 213°, 37%, 53%.
It holds 5.3:1 contrast against dark, so Olympic Blue works best for body text, headings, and UI labels. (On white it scores 4.0:1; on black 5.3:1.)
Across Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, Olympic Blue appears in 7 combinations — most often paired with Light Porcelain Green, Dark Tyrian Blue and Pansy Purple.
Palettes with Olympic Blue
Olympic 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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