Crayola crayon color

Crayola Caribbean Green #1CD3A2

Crayola Caribbean Green is shown here as #1CD3A2, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light soft green in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.772, chroma 0.152 and hue 168.0°. The nearest CSS named color is mediumaquamarine (#66CDAA), ΔE2000 5.1 away.

Relative luminance
0.4944
OKLCH L · C · h
0.772 · 0.152 · 168.0
Best text
Black 10.88:1
Hue family
Green

#1CD3A2 color codes

HEX
#1CD3A2
RGB
rgb(28, 211, 162)
HSL
hsl(164, 77%, 47%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.772 0.152 168.0)
OKLab
oklab(0.772 -0.149 0.032)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 75.72, a* -53.83, b* 12.42
XYZ (D65)
X 30.29, Y 49.44, Z 42.12
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(87%, 0%, 23%, 17%)

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 #1CD3A2 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 10.88:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.92:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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  • Black text on it

    10.88:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +67
  • White text on it

    1.92:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −40
  • As text on black

    10.88:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −66
  • As text on white

    1.92:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +36

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #008665 4.56:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.77 to 0.55 reaches 4.56:1 on white, keeping the hue.

  • For text on black

    #1CD3A2 10.88:1

    It already reaches 10.88:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #1CD3A2 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 #1CD3A2

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #1CD3A2 sits at step 300.

  1. 50#DBFFF0
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.57
  2. 100#AFFFE0
    White
    1.15
    Black
    18.20
  3. 200#70F4C7
    White
    1.35
    Black
    15.45
  4. 300This color#1CD3A2
    White
    1.92
    Black
    10.88
  5. 400#00BD90
    White
    2.41
    Black
    8.68
  6. 500#009E77
    White
    3.41
    Black
    6.15
  7. 600#008262
    White
    4.80
    Black
    4.36
  8. 700#00684E
    White
    6.79
    Black
    3.09
  9. 800#004C38
    White
    10.04
    Black
    2.09
  10. 900#003223
    White
    14.18
    Black
    1.48
  11. 950#001C12
    White
    17.87
    Black
    1.17

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #1CD3A2 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.156; #1CD3A2 uses 97% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.214 there: 37% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.152
sRGB edge
0.156
Display P3 edge
0.214
Rec. 2020 edge
0.337
Dominant wavelength
507 nm
Excitation purity
21%
Chromaticity
x 0.2486, y 0.4057
  • This color#1CD3A2
  • Most vivid in sRGB#00D4A1
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.772 0.214 168.0)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #1cd3a2;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0 0.852 0.6211); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #1CD3A2

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%#8EE9D1
  • OKLab50%#A8EAD0
  • OKLCH50%#A8EAD0

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#0E6A51
  • OKLab50%#05513C
  • OKLCH50%#05513C

Its complement #FA8AC6

  • sRGB50%#8BAFB4
  • OKLab50%#B4B5B5
  • OKLCH50%#85B7FF
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #1cd3a2, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #1cd3a2 50%, white);

In use

#1CD3A2 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, 4.5:110.88:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.92:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.92:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.92:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #008665 4.56:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:110.88:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:19.71:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:19.71:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:19.71:1 Passes

Color vision

How #1CD3A2 looks with color blindness

Protanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 25.5; tritanopia changes it least, 9.8.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #CDC49F ΔE2000 25.5

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #B9B4A5 ΔE2000 25.2

    Distinct

    Reads as light grayish amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #00D4C5 ΔE2000 9.8

    Noticeable

    Reads as light soft cyan

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #BBBBBB ΔE2000 25.5

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #FA8AC6. Their lightness contrast is only 1.14:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#1CD3A2 · #FA8AC655.8Stays distinct
Protanopia#CDC49F · #94A3C831.8Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#B9B4A5 · #B1B6C313.8Stays distinct
Tritanopia#00D4C5 · #FF88A063.7Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#BBBBBB · #AEAEAE3.6Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #1CD3A2

Its complement is #FA8AC6, a light soft 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#1CD3A2
  • Complement#FA8AC6

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#82CB68
  • Base#1CD3A2
  • +30°#00CED3
  • Base#1CD3A2
  • +120°#B1A8FF
  • +240°#FF965C
  • Base#1CD3A2
  • +150°#DD94F3
  • +210°#FF8F94

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-caribbean-green: #1cd3a2;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-caribbean-green': '#1cd3a2',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-caribbean-green: oklch(0.772 0.152 168.0);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-caribbean-green": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.1098, 0.8275, 0.6353],
        "hex": "#1cd3a2"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Caribbean Green"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaCaribbeanGreen = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.110, green: 0.827, blue: 0.635, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaCaribbeanGreen = Color(0xFF1CD3A2)
}

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 #1CD3A2 in the tools

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