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
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#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

  • 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.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • 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.

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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.

  1. 50#E7F9FF
    White
    1.08
    Black
    19.39
  2. 100#CEF2FF
    White
    1.18
    Black
    17.76
  3. 200#98E5FF
    White
    1.40
    Black
    14.98
  4. 300#65CDEF
    White
    1.82
    Black
    11.53
  5. 400#3EB1D3
    White
    2.48
    Black
    8.43
  6. 500This color#0D98BA
    White
    3.37
    Black
    6.21
  7. 600#007B98
    White
    4.89
    Black
    4.28
  8. 700#00627A
    White
    6.93
    Black
    3.02
  9. 800#004759
    White
    10.26
    Black
    2.04
  10. 900#002E3B
    White
    14.44
    Black
    1.45
  11. 950#001A22
    White
    17.93
    Black
    1.17

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.

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  • 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.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.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
In CSS
/* 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

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #6F85BA ΔE2000 18.3

    Distinct

    Reads as muted blue

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #00A3A3 ΔE2000 13.1

    Distinct

    Reads as soft cyan

  • 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.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#0D98BA · #C3705049.2Stays distinct
Protanopia#8494BC · #867B4D35.8Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#6F85BA · #9A8D4F41.8Stays distinct
Tritanopia#00A3A3 · #D4616854.7Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#8C8C8C · #8686862.1Easily 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

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-crayola-blue-green: #0d98ba;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-blue-green': '#0d98ba',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-crayola-blue-green: oklch(0.630 0.114 221.6);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-blue-green": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.051, 0.5961, 0.7294],
        "hex": "#0d98ba"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Blue Green"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaBlueGreen = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.051, green: 0.596, blue: 0.729, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

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.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #0D98BA in the tools

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