Crayola crayon color

Crayola Pine Green #158078

Crayola Pine Green is shown here as #158078, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a muted teal in the cyan family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.542, chroma 0.090 and hue 186.9°. The nearest CSS named color is teal (#008080), ΔE2000 3.3 away.

Relative luminance
0.1695
OKLCH L · C · h
0.542 · 0.090 · 186.9
Best text
White 4.78:1
Hue family
Cyan
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#158078 color codes

HEX
#158078
RGB
rgb(21, 128, 120)
HSL
hsl(176, 72%, 29%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.542 0.090 186.9)
OKLab
oklab(0.542 -0.089 -0.011)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 48.20, a* -30.02, b* -3.82
XYZ (D65)
X 11.42, Y 16.95, Z 20.44
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(84%, 0%, 6%, 50%)

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 #158078 accessible?

White text on it reaches 4.78:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 4.39:1, 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

    4.39:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +31

  • White text on it

    4.78:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −78

  • As text on black

    4.39:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −28

  • As text on white

    4.78:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +72

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #158078 4.78:1

    It already reaches 4.78:1 on white, so no change is needed.

  • For text on black

    #188279 4.50:1

    Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.54 to 0.55 reaches 4.50:1 on black, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #158078 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 #158078

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #158078 sits at step 600.

  1. 50#D6FFFA
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.54
  2. 100#B2FCF3
    White
    1.15
    Black
    18.11
  3. 200#99E9E0
    White
    1.39
    Black
    15.08
  4. 300#7AD0C7
    White
    1.79
    Black
    11.67
  5. 400#58B4AB
    White
    2.46
    Black
    8.53
  6. 500#37988F
    White
    3.47
    Black
    6.05
  7. 600This color#158078
    White
    4.78
    Black
    4.39
  8. 700#00665F
    White
    6.84
    Black
    3.06
  9. 800#004B45
    White
    10.03
    Black
    2.09
  10. 900#00302D
    White
    14.37
    Black
    1.46
  11. 950#001B19
    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 #158078 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.095; #158078 uses 95% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.128 there: 35% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.090
sRGB edge
0.095
Display P3 edge
0.128
Rec. 2020 edge
0.206
Dominant wavelength
494 nm
Excitation purity
28%
Chromaticity
x 0.2339, y 0.3473
  • This color#158078
  • Most vivid in sRGB#008178
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.542 0.128 186.9)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #158078;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0 0.5152 0.4832); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #158078

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%#8AC0BC
  • OKLab50%#95BEB9
  • OKLCH50%#95BEB9

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#0B403C
  • OKLab50%#032E2A
  • OKLCH50%#032E2A

Its complement #9B5866

  • sRGB50%#586C6F
  • OKLab50%#6F6F6F
  • OKLCH50%#7E6F2B
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #158078, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #158078 50%, white);

In use

#158078 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, 4.5:14.78:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.78:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:14.78:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.78:1 Passes

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:14.78:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.91:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:13.91:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.91:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #268B82 4.54:1

Color vision

How #158078 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 23.5; tritanopia changes it least, 1.5.

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

    #797878 ΔE2000 22.8

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #6B6E79 ΔE2000 23.5

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #00837D ΔE2000 1.5

    Very close

    Reads as muted cyan

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #727272 ΔE2000 21.8

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #9B5866. Their lightness contrast is only 1.10:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#158078 · #9B586647.8Stays distinct
Protanopia#797878 · #6364668.0Harder to tell apart
Deuteranopia#6B6E79 · #74716512.7Stays distinct
Tritanopia#00837D · #A6525D50.3Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#727272 · #6C6C6C2.3Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #158078

Its complement is #9B5866, a muted pink, 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#158078
  • Complement#9B5866

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#3D7F5A
  • Base#158078
  • +30°#1A7C91

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#158078
  • +120°#7D6198
  • +240°#926431

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#158078
  • +150°#915A83
  • +210°#9C5C49

Split-complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

Code

Design tokens

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

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-crayola-pine-green: #158078;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-pine-green': '#158078',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-pine-green: oklch(0.542 0.090 186.9);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-pine-green": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.0824, 0.502, 0.4706],
        "hex": "#158078"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Pine Green"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaPineGreen = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.082, green: 0.502, blue: 0.471, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaPineGreen = Color(0xFF158078)
}

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 #158078 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.