Crayola crayon color
Crayola Blue Green #0D98BA
Crayola Blue Green is shown here as #0D98BA, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a soft blue in the cyan family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.630, chroma 0.114 and hue 221.6°. The nearest CSS named color is cadetblue (#5F9EA0), ΔE2000 11.3 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.2609
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.630 · 0.114 · 221.6
- Best text
- Black 6.21:1
- Hue family
- Cyan
#0D98BA color codes
- HEX
#0D98BA- RGB
rgb(13, 152, 186)- HSL
hsl(192, 87%, 39%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.630 0.114 221.6)- OKLab
oklab(0.630 -0.085 -0.076)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 58.12, a* -20.82, b* -26.93- XYZ (D65)
X 20.25, Y 26.08, Z 50.41- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(93%, 18%, 0%, 27%)
CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.
Crayola is a trademark of Crayola LLC, which this site is not affiliated with. The value is the commonly published sRGB rendering of the crayon, not a Crayola specification.
Legibility
Contrast: is #0D98BA accessible?
Black text on it reaches 6.21:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.37:1, enough for large text only.
WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
6.21:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +43
-
White text on it
3.37:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −66
-
As text on black
6.21:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −41
-
As text on white
3.37:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +60
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#00819F 4.52:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.63 to 0.56 reaches 4.52:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#0D98BA 6.21:1
It already reaches 6.21:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #0D98BA live
Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.
Scale
Shades and tints of #0D98BA
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #0D98BA sits at step 500.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #0D98BA can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.116; #0D98BA uses 98% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.154 there: 32% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.114
- sRGB edge
- 0.116
- Display P3 edge
- 0.154
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.264
- Dominant wavelength
- 484 nm
- Excitation purity
- 43%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.2093, y 0.2696
- This color#0D98BA
- Most vivid in sRGB#0098BB
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.630 0.154 221.6)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #0d98ba;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0 0.5985 0.7756); }
}Mixing
Mixing #0D98BA
Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.
White #FFFFFF
- sRGB50%#86CCDD
- OKLab50%#9ACCDD
- OKLCH50%#9ACCDD
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#074C5D
- OKLab50%#023846
- OKLCH50%#023846
Its complement #C37050
- sRGB50%#688485
- OKLab50%#898989
- OKLCH50%#A074BC
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #0d98ba, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #0d98ba 50%, white);In use
#0D98BA in an interface
A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.
Light page
- Button labelText, 4.5:16.21:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.37:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.37:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.37:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #00819F 4.52:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:16.21:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.54:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:15.54:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.54:1 Passes
Color vision
How #0D98BA looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 20.9; tritanopia changes it least, 13.1.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#8494BC ΔE2000 18.8
Distinct
Reads as light muted blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#6F85BA ΔE2000 18.3
Distinct
Reads as muted blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#00A3A3 ΔE2000 13.1
Distinct
Reads as soft cyan
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#8C8C8C ΔE2000 20.9
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #C37050. Their lightness contrast is only 1.08:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #0D98BA · #C37050 | 49.2 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #8494BC · #867B4D | 35.8 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #6F85BA · #9A8D4F | 41.8 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #00A3A3 · #D46168 | 54.7 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #8C8C8C · #868686 | 2.1 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #0D98BA
Its complement is #C37050, a soft red, on the warm side of the wheel.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#0D98BA
- Complement#C37050
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#009E9A
- Base#0D98BA
- +30°#528DCC
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#0D98BA
- +120°#B86C9D
- +240°#988B2C
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#0D98BA
- +150°#C46A77
- +210°#B47C30
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-blue-green: #0d98ba;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-blue-green': '#0d98ba',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-blue-green: oklch(0.630 0.114 221.6);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-blue-green": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.051, 0.5961, 0.7294],
"hex": "#0d98ba"
},
"$description": "Crayola Blue Green"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaBlueGreen = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.051, green: 0.596, blue: 0.729, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaBlueGreen = Color(0xFF0D98BA)
}Matches
The nearest match in each system
The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.
Tools
Open #0D98BA in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.