Crayola crayon color
Crayola Navy Blue #1974D2
Crayola Navy Blue is shown here as #1974D2, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a soft blue in the blue family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.560, chroma 0.166 and hue 254.0°. The nearest CSS named color is steelblue (#4682B4), ΔE2000 6.0 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.1735
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.560 · 0.166 · 254.0
- Best text
- White 4.69:1
- Hue family
- Blue
#1974D2 color codes
- HEX
#1974D2- RGB
rgb(25, 116, 210)- HSL
hsl(210, 79%, 46%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.560 0.166 254.0)- OKLab
oklab(0.560 -0.046 -0.159)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 48.70, a* 9.72, b* -55.42- XYZ (D65)
X 18.27, Y 17.35, Z 63.35- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(88%, 45%, 0%, 18%)
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 #1974D2 accessible?
White text on it reaches 4.69:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 4.47:1, 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
4.47:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +32
-
White text on it
4.69:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −77
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As text on black
4.47:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −29
-
As text on white
4.69:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +72
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#1974D2 4.69:1
It already reaches 4.69:1 on white, so no change is needed.
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For text on black
#1B76D4 4.58:1
Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.56 to 0.57 reaches 4.58:1 on black, keeping the hue.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #1974D2 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 #1974D2
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #1974D2 sits at step 600.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #1974D2 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.179; #1974D2 uses 93% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.229 there: 28% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.166
- sRGB edge
- 0.179
- Display P3 edge
- 0.229
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.269
- Dominant wavelength
- 475 nm
- Excitation purity
- 63%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.1847, y 0.1753
- This color#1974D2
- Most vivid in sRGB#0073D9
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.560 0.229 254.0)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #1974d2;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0 0.4214 0.9256); }
}Mixing
Mixing #1974D2
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%#8CBAE9
- OKLab50%#93BBEC
- OKLCH50%#93BBEC
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#0D3A69
- OKLab50%#042950
- OKLCH50%#042950
Its complement #9D6800
- sRGB50%#5B6E69
- OKLab50%#6B7682
- OKLCH50%#008A61
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #1974d2, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #1974d2 50%, white);In use
#1974D2 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, 4.5:14.69:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.69:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:14.69:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.69:1 Passes
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:14.69:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.98:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.98:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.98:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #267DDC 4.50:1
Color vision
How #1974D2 looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 24.9; deuteranopia changes it least, 3.0.
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
#417CD6 ΔE2000 4.0
Close match
Reads as soft blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#146CD0 ΔE2000 3.0
Close match
Reads as vivid blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#008B99 ΔE2000 23.4
Distinct
Reads as muted cyan
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#747474 ΔE2000 24.9
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #9D6800. Their lightness contrast is only 1.01:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #1974D2 · #9D6800 | 51.6 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #417CD6 · #7B6B00 | 54.6 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #146CD0 · #877806 | 57.5 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #008B99 · #AC5A58 | 55.5 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #747474 · #737373 | 0.4 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #1974D2
Its complement is #9D6800, a soft orange, 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#1974D2
- Complement#9D6800
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#0081A2
- Base#1974D2
- +30°#6C61D0
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#1974D2
- +120°#C23F56
- +240°#498700
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#1974D2
- +150°#BE4B00
- +210°#807700
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-navy-blue: #1974d2;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-navy-blue': '#1974d2',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-navy-blue: oklch(0.560 0.166 254.0);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-navy-blue": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.098, 0.4549, 0.8235],
"hex": "#1974d2"
},
"$description": "Crayola Navy Blue"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaNavyBlue = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.098, green: 0.455, blue: 0.824, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaNavyBlue = Color(0xFF1974D2)
}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 #1974D2 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.