Showa era
Pale King's Blue & Violet Blue
Plate 75 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Pale King's Blue, Violet Blue.
#40456a
blue · 11 palettes
Violet Blue
About Violet Blue
Violet Blue is a deep, muted blue tone. Its hex value is #40456a — that is
RGB 64, 69, 106, or HSL 233°, 25%, 33%.
It holds 9.2:1 contrast against white, so Violet Blue works best for body text, headings, and UI labels. (On white it scores 9.2:1; on black 2.3:1.)
Across Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, Violet Blue appears in 11 combinations — most often paired with Yellow Orange, Burnt Sienna and Pale King's Blue.
Palettes with Violet Blue
Violet Blue appears in 11 combinations from the archive. Each pairing reveals how the same color shifts character depending on its neighbours.
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