Crayola crayon color
Crayola Denim #2B6CC4
Crayola Denim is shown here as #2B6CC4, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a soft blue in the blue family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.537, chroma 0.152 and hue 257.2°. The nearest CSS named color is royalblue (#4169E1), ΔE2000 5.8 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.1522
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.537 · 0.152 · 257.2
- Best text
- White 5.19:1
- Hue family
- Blue
#2B6CC4 color codes
- HEX
#2B6CC4- RGB
rgb(43, 108, 196)- HSL
hsl(215, 64%, 47%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.537 0.152 257.2)- OKLab
oklab(0.537 -0.034 -0.149)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 45.94, a* 10.93, b* -51.81- XYZ (D65)
X 16.32, Y 15.22, Z 54.29- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(78%, 45%, 0%, 23%)
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 #2B6CC4 accessible?
White text on it reaches 5.19:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 4.04:1, 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
4.04:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +28
-
White text on it
5.19:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −80
-
As text on black
4.04:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −26
-
As text on white
5.19:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +75
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#2B6CC4 5.19:1
It already reaches 5.19:1 on white, so no change is needed.
-
For text on black
#3374CC 4.51:1
Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.54 to 0.56 reaches 4.51:1 on black, keeping the hue.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #2B6CC4 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 #2B6CC4
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #2B6CC4 sits at step 600.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #2B6CC4 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.192; #2B6CC4 uses 79% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.244 there: 27% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.152
- sRGB edge
- 0.192
- Display P3 edge
- 0.244
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.281
- Dominant wavelength
- 474 nm
- Excitation purity
- 61%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.1901, y 0.1773
- This color#2B6CC4
- Most vivid in sRGB#0068DA
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.537 0.244 257.2)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #2b6cc4;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0 0.3697 0.9306); }
}Mixing
Mixing #2B6CC4
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%#95B6E2
- OKLab50%#95B6E5
- OKLCH50%#95B6E5
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#163662
- OKLab50%#0A254A
- OKLCH50%#0A254A
Its complement #926400
- sRGB50%#5F6862
- OKLab50%#676F7A
- OKLCH50%#008261
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #2b6cc4, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #2b6cc4 50%, white);In use
#2B6CC4 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, 4.5:15.19:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.19:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:15.19:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.19:1 Passes
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:15.19:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.60:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.60:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.60:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #3C7DD6 4.54:1
Color vision
How #2B6CC4 looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 24.2; deuteranopia changes it least, 2.1.
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
#3E74C7 ΔE2000 3.1
Close match
Reads as soft blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#1D66C2 ΔE2000 2.1
Close match
Reads as soft blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#00818E ΔE2000 23.2
Distinct
Reads as muted cyan
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#6D6D6D ΔE2000 24.2
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #926400. Their lightness contrast is only 1.00:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #2B6CC4 · #926400 | 50.9 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #3E74C7 · #756600 | 53.0 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #1D66C2 · #807107 | 55.6 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #00818E · #A05754 | 52.8 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #6D6D6D · #6D6D6D | 0.0 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #2B6CC4
Its complement is #926400, a soft 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#2B6CC4
- Complement#926400
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#00799C
- Base#2B6CC4
- +30°#6B5BC0
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#2B6CC4
- +120°#B53F4D
- +240°#3D8116
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#2B6CC4
- +150°#B04B00
- +210°#767200
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-denim: #2b6cc4;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-denim': '#2b6cc4',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-denim: oklch(0.537 0.152 257.2);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-denim": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.1686, 0.4235, 0.7686],
"hex": "#2b6cc4"
},
"$description": "Crayola Denim"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaDenim = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.169, green: 0.424, blue: 0.769, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaDenim = Color(0xFF2B6CC4)
}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 #2B6CC4 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.