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.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
10.88:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +67
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White text on it
1.92:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −40
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As text on black
10.88:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −66
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As text on white
1.92:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +36
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
- 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.
.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
/* 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.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#CDC49F ΔE2000 25.5
Distinct
Reads as light muted amber
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#B9B4A5 ΔE2000 25.2
Distinct
Reads as light grayish amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#00D4C5 ΔE2000 9.8
Noticeable
Reads as light soft cyan
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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.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #1CD3A2 · #FA8AC6 | 55.8 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #CDC49F · #94A3C8 | 31.8 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #B9B4A5 · #B1B6C3 | 13.8 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #00D4C5 · #FF88A0 | 63.7 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #BBBBBB · #AEAEAE | 3.6 | Easily 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
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#1CD3A2
- +120°#B1A8FF
- +240°#FF965C
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#1CD3A2
- +150°#DD94F3
- +210°#FF8F94
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-caribbean-green: #1cd3a2;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-caribbean-green': '#1cd3a2',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-caribbean-green: oklch(0.772 0.152 168.0);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-caribbean-green": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.1098, 0.8275, 0.6353],
"hex": "#1cd3a2"
},
"$description": "Crayola Caribbean Green"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaCaribbeanGreen = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.110, green: 0.827, blue: 0.635, opacity: 1)
}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
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.