Showa era
Rosolanc Purple & Helvetia Blue
Plate 48 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Rosolanc Purple, Helvetia Blue.
#b73f74
purple · 6 palettes
Rosolanc Purple
About Rosolanc Purple
Rosolanc Purple is a mid-tone, muted purple tone. Its hex value is #b73f74 — that is
RGB 183, 63, 116, or HSL 334°, 49%, 48%.
It holds 5.3:1 contrast against white, so Rosolanc Purple works best for body text, headings, and UI labels. (On white it scores 5.3:1; on black 4.0:1.)
Across Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, Rosolanc Purple appears in 6 combinations — most often paired with Helvetia Blue, Orange and Black.
Palettes with Rosolanc Purple
Rosolanc Purple appears in 6 combinations from the archive. Each pairing reveals how the same color shifts character depending on its neighbours.
From the archive
Support the archive The full catalog, on your disk, as a thank-you.
- All 378 palettes (348 Wada + 30 editorial) in five formats
- Figma design tokens (W3C-spec JSON, drag into any file)
- Tailwind v4 + v3 configs — drop into any project
- CSS custom properties — every plate, one stylesheet
- 378 museum SVG plates — print-ready at any size
- Full JSON — colors, names, eras, moods, dominant hues
See what's inside
Launching soon. The free archive stays free, always.