Crayola crayon color
Crayola Shamrock #45CEA2
Crayola Shamrock is shown here as #45CEA2, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light soft green in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.766, chroma 0.134 and hue 167.6°. The nearest CSS named color is mediumaquamarine (#66CDAA), ΔE2000 3.2 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.4802
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.766 · 0.134 · 167.6
- Best text
- Black 10.60:1
- Hue family
- Green
#45CEA2 color codes
- HEX
#45CEA2- RGB
rgb(69, 206, 162)- HSL
hsl(161, 58%, 54%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.766 0.134 167.6)- OKLab
oklab(0.766 -0.131 0.029)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 74.83, a* -47.19, b* 11.24- XYZ (D65)
X 31.04, Y 48.01, Z 41.81- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(67%, 0%, 21%, 19%)
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 #45CEA2 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 10.60:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.98:1.
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
10.60:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +66
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White text on it
1.98:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −42
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As text on black
10.60:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −64
-
As text on white
1.98:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +37
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
#45CEA2 10.60:1
It already reaches 10.60:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #45CEA2 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 #45CEA2
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #45CEA2 sits at step 300.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #45CEA2 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.156; #45CEA2 uses 86% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.213 there: 37% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.134
- sRGB edge
- 0.156
- Display P3 edge
- 0.213
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.336
- Dominant wavelength
- 507 nm
- Excitation purity
- 18%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.2568, y 0.3972
- This color#45CEA2
- Most vivid in sRGB#00D29F
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.766 0.213 167.6)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #45cea2;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0 0.8443 0.6115); }
}Mixing
Mixing #45CEA2
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%#A2E7D1
- OKLab50%#AEE7D0
- OKLCH50%#AEE7D0
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#236751
- OKLab50%#154E3C
- OKLCH50%#154E3C
Its complement #F18EC3
- sRGB50%#9BAEB3
- OKLab50%#B3B3B3
- OKLCH50%#82B5FF
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #45cea2, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #45cea2 50%, white);In use
#45CEA2 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, 4.5:110.60:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.98:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:11.98:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.98:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #008665 4.56:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:110.60:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:19.45:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:19.45:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:19.45:1 Passes
Color vision
How #45CEA2 looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 24.8; 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
#C9C0A0 ΔE2000 24.3
Distinct
Reads as light grayish amber
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#B7B3A5 ΔE2000 23.8
Distinct
Reads as light grayish amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#00CFC2 ΔE2000 9.8
Noticeable
Reads as light soft cyan
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#B8B8B8 ΔE2000 24.8
Distinct
Reads as light gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #F18EC3. Their lightness contrast is only 1.12:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #45CEA2 · #F18EC3 | 51.9 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #C9C0A0 · #96A3C5 | 29.2 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #B7B3A5 · #B0B4C0 | 13.0 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #00CFC2 · #FD8CA1 | 61.6 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #B8B8B8 · #ADADAD | 3.0 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #45CEA2
Its complement is #F18EC3, 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#45CEA2
- Complement#F18EC3
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#88C770
- Base#45CEA2
- +30°#00CCD0
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#45CEA2
- +120°#AFA6FF
- +240°#F89764
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#45CEA2
- +150°#D697EB
- +210°#FD8E93
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-shamrock: #45cea2;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-shamrock': '#45cea2',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-shamrock: oklch(0.766 0.134 167.6);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-shamrock": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.2706, 0.8078, 0.6353],
"hex": "#45cea2"
},
"$description": "Crayola Shamrock"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaShamrock = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.271, green: 0.808, blue: 0.635, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaShamrock = Color(0xFF45CEA2)
}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 #45CEA2 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.