Crayola crayon color

Crayola Outer Space #414A4C

Crayola Outer Space is shown here as #414A4C, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a dark gray in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.402 with chroma 0.012, too low for hue to matter. The nearest CSS named color is darkslategray (#2F4F4F), ΔE2000 8.6 away.

Relative luminance
0.0654
OKLCH L · C · h
0.402 · 0.012 · 212.6
Best text
White 9.09:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#414A4C color codes

HEX
#414A4C
RGB
rgb(65, 74, 76)
HSL
hsl(191, 8%, 28%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.402 0.012 212.6)
OKLab
oklab(0.402 -0.010 -0.007)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 30.74, a* -3.14, b* -2.42
XYZ (D65)
X 5.93, Y 6.54, Z 7.79
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(14%, 3%, 0%, 70%)

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 #414A4C accessible?

White text on it reaches 9.09:1, passing AAA. Black text fails at 2.30:1.

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

    2.30:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +13

  • White text on it

    9.09:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −95

  • As text on black

    2.30:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −11

  • As text on white

    9.09:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +90

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #414A4C 9.09:1

    It already reaches 9.09:1 on white, so no change is needed.

  • For text on black

    #6C7678 4.50:1

    Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.40 to 0.56 reaches 4.50:1 on black, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #414A4C 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 #414A4C

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #414A4C sits at step 800.

  1. 50#EEF7F9
    White
    1.08
    Black
    19.30
  2. 100#E4EDEF
    White
    1.18
    Black
    17.65
  3. 200#D0D9DC
    White
    1.43
    Black
    14.64
  4. 300#B6C0C2
    White
    1.85
    Black
    11.30
  5. 400#9AA4A6
    White
    2.55
    Black
    8.23
  6. 500#7E888A
    White
    3.63
    Black
    5.77
  7. 600#677173
    White
    5.01
    Black
    4.18
  8. 700#515A5C
    White
    7.07
    Black
    2.96
  9. 800This color#414A4C
    White
    9.09
    Black
    2.30
  10. 900#232A2C
    White
    14.59
    Black
    1.43
  11. 950#111718
    White
    18.10
    Black
    1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #414A4C can get

A gray has no hue, so no gamut holds a more vivid version of #414A4C: more chroma would make it another color.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.012
sRGB edge
No hue
Display P3 edge
No hue
Rec. 2020 edge
No hue
Dominant wavelength
488 nm
Excitation purity
8%
Chromaticity
x 0.2928, y 0.3229

Mixing

Mixing #414A4C

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%#A0A5A6
  • OKLab50%#9BA0A1
  • OKLCH50%#9BA0A1

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#212526
  • OKLab50%#131718
  • OKLCH50%#131718
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #414a4c, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #414a4c 50%, white);

In use

#414A4C 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, 4.5:19.09:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:19.09:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:19.09:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:19.09:1 Passes

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:19.09:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.05:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.05:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.05:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #757E81 4.51:1

Color vision

How #414A4C looks with color blindness

As a neutral it barely changes under any simulation, ΔE2000 4.7 at most.

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

    #48494C ΔE2000 4.6

    Close match

    Reads as dark gray

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #46484C ΔE2000 4.4

    Close match

    Reads as dark gray

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #3E4B4B ΔE2000 2.5

    Close match

    Reads as dark gray

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #484848 ΔE2000 4.7

    Close match

    Reads as dark gray

Pairing check

A near-neutral has no complementary hue to pair with, so tell it apart from neighboring grays by lightness contrast alone.

Harmony

Color harmonies for #414A4C

A neutral has no hue to rotate, so every harmony collapses back to the same gray. Pair it with an accent color instead.

Or pair it by lightness: steps of its own scale as text on it, and what each can carry.

Build a lightness scale in Harmony Studio

  • Step 50 #EEF7F9 · 8.36:1

    Body text, AAA

  • Step 300 #B6C0C2 · 4.89:1

    Body text, AA

  • Step 700 #515A5C · 1.28:1

    Decoration only, under 3:1

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-crayola-outer-space: #414a4c;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-outer-space': '#414a4c',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-outer-space: oklch(0.402 0.012 212.6);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-outer-space": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.2549, 0.2902, 0.298],
        "hex": "#414a4c"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Outer Space"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaOuterSpace = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.255, green: 0.290, blue: 0.298, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaOuterSpace = Color(0xFF414A4C)
}

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 #414A4C in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.