Crayola crayon color
Crayola Midnight Blue #1A4876
Crayola Midnight Blue is shown here as #1A4876, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a dark muted blue in the blue family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.395, chroma 0.093 and hue 251.4°. The nearest CSS named color is darkslateblue (#483D8B), ΔE2000 12.1 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.0616
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.395 · 0.093 · 251.4
- Best text
- White 9.40:1
- Hue family
- Blue
#1A4876 color codes
- HEX
#1A4876- RGB
rgb(26, 72, 118)- HSL
hsl(210, 64%, 28%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.395 0.093 251.4)- OKLab
oklab(0.395 -0.030 -0.088)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 29.82, a* 1.73, b* -30.79- XYZ (D65)
X 6.01, Y 6.16, Z 18.01- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(78%, 39%, 0%, 54%)
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 #1A4876 accessible?
White text on it reaches 9.40:1, passing AAA. Black text fails at 2.23:1.
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
2.23:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +12
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White text on it
9.40:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −95
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As text on black
2.23:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −10
-
As text on white
9.40:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +91
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#1A4876 9.40:1
It already reaches 9.40:1 on white, so no change is needed.
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For text on black
#4A78A9 4.55:1
Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.39 to 0.56 reaches 4.55:1 on black, keeping the hue.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #1A4876 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 #1A4876
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #1A4876 sits at step 800.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #1A4876 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.116; #1A4876 uses 80% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.150 there: 29% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.093
- sRGB edge
- 0.116
- Display P3 edge
- 0.150
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.329
- Dominant wavelength
- 476 nm
- Excitation purity
- 54%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.1992, y 0.2041
- This color#1A4876
- Most vivid in sRGB#004782
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.395 0.150 251.4)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #1a4876;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0 0.2636 0.5539); }
}Mixing
Mixing #1A4876
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%#8DA4BB
- OKLab50%#89A0BA
- OKLCH50%#89A0BA
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#0D243B
- OKLab50%#041629
- OKLCH50%#041629
Its complement #623D00
- sRGB50%#3E433B
- OKLab50%#454648
- OKLCH50%#653154
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #1a4876, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #1a4876 50%, white);In use
#1A4876 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, 4.5:19.40:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:19.40:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:19.40:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:19.40:1 Passes
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:19.40:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.99:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:11.99:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.99:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #5281B3 4.59:1
Color vision
How #1A4876 looks with color blindness
Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 18.7; deuteranopia changes it least, 3.8.
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
#334B78 ΔE2000 4.2
Close match
Reads as dark muted blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#254275 ΔE2000 3.8
Close match
Reads as dark muted blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#005359 ΔE2000 18.7
Distinct
Reads as dark muted teal
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#464646 ΔE2000 18.2
Distinct
Reads as dark gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #623D00. Their lightness contrast is only 1.02:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #1A4876 · #623D00 | 40.0 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #334B78 · #4A4000 | 41.2 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #254275 · #524802 | 44.1 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #005359 · #6C3433 | 46.2 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #464646 · #454545 | 0.3 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #1A4876
Its complement is #623D00, a dark muted brown, 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#1A4876
- Complement#623D00
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#004F62
- Base#1A4876
- +30°#3F3F76
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#1A4876
- +120°#6F2E39
- +240°#345014
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#1A4876
- +150°#6E321A
- +210°#504700
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-midnight-blue: #1a4876;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-midnight-blue': '#1a4876',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-midnight-blue: oklch(0.395 0.093 251.4);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-midnight-blue": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.102, 0.2824, 0.4627],
"hex": "#1a4876"
},
"$description": "Crayola Midnight Blue"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaMidnightBlue = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.102, green: 0.282, blue: 0.463, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaMidnightBlue = Color(0xFF1A4876)
}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 #1A4876 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.