Showa era
Spectrum Red & Orange Yellow +2
Plate 257 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Spectrum Red, Orange Yellow, Blue, Aconite Violet.
#e31f26
red · 4 palettes
Spectrum Red
About Spectrum Red
Spectrum Red is a mid-tone, vivid red tone. Its hex value is #e31f26 — that is
RGB 227, 31, 38, or HSL 358°, 78%, 51%.
It holds 4.7:1 contrast against white, so Spectrum Red works best for body text, headings, and UI labels. (On white it scores 4.7:1; on black 4.5:1.)
Across Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, Spectrum Red appears in 4 combinations — most often paired with Aconite Violet, Ivory Buff and Rainette Green.
Palettes with Spectrum Red
Spectrum Red appears in 4 combinations from the archive. Each pairing reveals how the same color shifts character depending on its neighbours.
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