Crayola crayon color
Crayola Mountain Meadow #30BA8F
Crayola Mountain Meadow is shown here as #30BA8F, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light soft green in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.706, chroma 0.132 and hue 167.1°. The nearest CSS named color is mediumseagreen (#3CB371), ΔE2000 6.4 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.3773
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.706 · 0.132 · 167.1
- Best text
- Black 8.54:1
- Hue family
- Green
#30BA8F color codes
- HEX
#30BA8F- RGB
rgb(48, 186, 143)- HSL
hsl(161, 59%, 46%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.706 0.132 167.1)- OKLab
oklab(0.706 -0.128 0.029)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 67.82, a* -46.43, b* 11.53- XYZ (D65)
X 23.73, Y 37.73, Z 32.01- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(74%, 0%, 23%, 27%)
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 #30BA8F accessible?
Black text on it reaches 8.54:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.45:1.
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
8.54:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +56
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White text on it
2.45:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −52
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As text on black
8.54:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −54
-
As text on white
2.45:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +47
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#008664 4.57:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.71 to 0.55 reaches 4.57:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#30BA8F 8.54:1
It already reaches 8.54:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #30BA8F 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 #30BA8F
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #30BA8F sits at step 400.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #30BA8F can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.145; #30BA8F uses 91% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.198 there: 37% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.132
- sRGB edge
- 0.145
- Display P3 edge
- 0.198
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.312
- Dominant wavelength
- 508 nm
- Excitation purity
- 19%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.2539, y 0.4036
- This color#30BA8F
- Most vivid in sRGB#00BC8D
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.706 0.198 167.1)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #30ba8f;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0 0.7576 0.5415); }
}Mixing
Mixing #30BA8F
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%#98DDC7
- OKLab50%#A5DDC6
- OKLCH50%#A5DDC6
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#185D48
- OKLab50%#0C4634
- OKLCH50%#0C4634
Its complement #DB7CB0
- sRGB50%#869BA0
- OKLab50%#A0A0A0
- OKLCH50%#69A2F1
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #30ba8f, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #30ba8f 50%, white);In use
#30BA8F 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, 4.5:18.54:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.45:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:12.45:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.45:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #008664 4.57:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:18.54:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:17.62:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:17.62:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:17.62:1 Passes
Color vision
How #30BA8F looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 24.7; tritanopia changes it least, 9.5.
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
#B6AD8D ΔE2000 24.1
Distinct
Reads as light grayish amber
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#A4A092 ΔE2000 23.7
Distinct
Reads as light grayish amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#00BBAE ΔE2000 9.5
Noticeable
Reads as light soft cyan
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#A5A5A5 ΔE2000 24.7
Distinct
Reads as light gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #DB7CB0. Their lightness contrast is only 1.13:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #30BA8F · #DB7CB0 | 51.2 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #B6AD8D · #8491B2 | 29.4 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #A4A092 · #9CA1AE | 13.9 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #00BBAE · #E77A8F | 60.1 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #A5A5A5 · #9B9B9B | 3.1 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #30BA8F
Its complement is #DB7CB0, 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#30BA8F
- Complement#DB7CB0
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#77B35E
- Base#30BA8F
- +30°#00B7BA
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#30BA8F
- +120°#9B92EE
- +240°#E28454
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#30BA8F
- +150°#C185D6
- +210°#E67C82
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-mountain-meadow: #30ba8f;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-mountain-meadow': '#30ba8f',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-mountain-meadow: oklch(0.706 0.132 167.1);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-mountain-meadow": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.1882, 0.7294, 0.5608],
"hex": "#30ba8f"
},
"$description": "Crayola Mountain Meadow"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaMountainMeadow = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.188, green: 0.729, blue: 0.561, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaMountainMeadow = Color(0xFF30BA8F)
}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 #30BA8F 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.