About this combination
Combination 119 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Light Glaucous Blue, Dark Tyrian Blue, as documented in the original plates.
Historical context
Plate 119 of Wada's 348 anchors Light Glaucous Blue and Dark Tyrian Blue in the blue family — a 2-colour grouping with a refined, cool, austere character, recorded in the Showa-era volumes of Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, where these shikisai names have sat in the public domain for generations. Its strongest pairing — Light Glaucous Blue on Dark Tyrian Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 7.16:1, clearing the WCAG AAA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.