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
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#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

  • White text on it

    2.45:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −52

  • 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

  • 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.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #30BA8F 8.54:1

    It already reaches 8.54:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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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.

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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.

  1. 50#DBFFEF
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.56
  2. 100#B0FFDF
    White
    1.15
    Black
    18.21
  3. 200#85F0C8
    White
    1.37
    Black
    15.29
  4. 300#61D7AD
    White
    1.77
    Black
    11.83
  5. 400This color#30BA8F
    White
    2.45
    Black
    8.54
  6. 500#009E76
    White
    3.41
    Black
    6.15
  7. 600#008361
    White
    4.75
    Black
    4.41
  8. 700#00684D
    White
    6.80
    Black
    3.08
  9. 800#004C37
    White
    10.05
    Black
    2.08
  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 #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.

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  • 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.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.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
In CSS
/* 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

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #A4A092 ΔE2000 23.7

    Distinct

    Reads as light grayish amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #00BBAE ΔE2000 9.5

    Noticeable

    Reads as light soft cyan

  • 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.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#30BA8F · #DB7CB051.2Stays distinct
Protanopia#B6AD8D · #8491B229.4Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#A4A092 · #9CA1AE13.9Stays distinct
Tritanopia#00BBAE · #E77A8F60.1Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#A5A5A5 · #9B9B9B3.1Easily 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

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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-mountain-meadow: #30ba8f;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-mountain-meadow': '#30ba8f',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-mountain-meadow: oklch(0.706 0.132 167.1);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-mountain-meadow": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.1882, 0.7294, 0.5608],
        "hex": "#30ba8f"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Mountain Meadow"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaMountainMeadow = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.188, green: 0.729, blue: 0.561, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

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.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #30BA8F in the tools

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