Crayola crayon color

Crayola Forest Green #6DAE81

Crayola Forest Green is shown here as #6DAE81, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light muted green in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.695, chroma 0.094 and hue 153.2°. The nearest CSS named color is darkseagreen (#8FBC8F), ΔE2000 6.1 away.

Relative luminance
0.3511
OKLCH L · C · h
0.695 · 0.094 · 153.2
Best text
Black 8.02:1
Hue family
Green
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#6DAE81 color codes

HEX
#6DAE81
RGB
rgb(109, 174, 129)
HSL
hsl(138, 29%, 55%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.695 0.094 153.2)
OKLab
oklab(0.695 -0.084 0.043)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 65.83, a* -30.65, b* 16.69
XYZ (D65)
X 25.40, Y 35.11, Z 26.20
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(37%, 0%, 26%, 32%)

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 #6DAE81 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 8.02:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.61:1.

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

    8.02:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +53

  • White text on it

    2.61:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −56

  • As text on black

    8.02:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −50

  • As text on white

    2.61:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +50

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #438358 4.53:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.69 to 0.55 reaches 4.53:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #6DAE81 8.02:1

    It already reaches 8.02:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #6DAE81 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 #6DAE81

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #6DAE81 sits at step 400.

  1. 50#DEFFE7
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.56
  2. 100#C4FBD3
    White
    1.16
    Black
    18.08
  3. 200#AEE8BE
    White
    1.39
    Black
    15.08
  4. 300#91CFA3
    White
    1.80
    Black
    11.65
  5. 400This color#6DAE81
    White
    2.61
    Black
    8.02
  6. 500#56976B
    White
    3.47
    Black
    6.03
  7. 600#3E7E54
    White
    4.86
    Black
    4.31
  8. 700#28673F
    White
    6.76
    Black
    3.10
  9. 800#0D4C29
    White
    10.08
    Black
    2.08
  10. 900#003317
    White
    14.13
    Black
    1.48
  11. 950#001C0A
    White
    17.94
    Black
    1.17

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

Gamut

How vivid #6DAE81 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.178; #6DAE81 uses 53% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.248 there: 39% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.094
sRGB edge
0.178
Display P3 edge
0.248
Rec. 2020 edge
0.387
Dominant wavelength
535 nm
Excitation purity
17%
Chromaticity
x 0.2930, y 0.4049
  • This color#6DAE81
  • Most vivid in sRGB#00BB65
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.695 0.248 153.2)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #6dae81;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0 0.7564 0.341); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #6DAE81

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%#B6D7C0
  • OKLab50%#B6D6BF
  • OKLCH50%#B6D6BF

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#375741
  • OKLab50%#26412E
  • OKLCH50%#26412E

Its complement #C087B6

  • sRGB50%#979B9C
  • OKLab50%#9C9D9D
  • OKLCH50%#67A4D3
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #6dae81, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #6dae81 50%, white);

In use

#6DAE81 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, 4.5:18.02:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.61:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.61:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.61:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #438358 4.53:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:18.02:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:17.15:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:17.15:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:17.15:1 Passes

Color vision

How #6DAE81 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 22.4; tritanopia changes it least, 11.8.

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

    #AEA47E ΔE2000 18.7

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #A49D84 ΔE2000 18.9

    Distinct

    Reads as light grayish amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #61ACA2 ΔE2000 11.8

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted cyan

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #A0A0A0 ΔE2000 22.4

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #C087B6. Their lightness contrast is only 1.08:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#6DAE81 · #C087B652.9Stays distinct
Protanopia#AEA47E · #8694B831.3Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#A49D84 · #949CB422.7Stays distinct
Tritanopia#61ACA2 · #C58A9846.0Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#A0A0A0 · #9999992.2Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #6DAE81

Its complement is #C087B6, a light muted magenta.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#6DAE81
  • Complement#C087B6

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#91A764
  • Base#6DAE81
  • +30°#4EB0A2

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#6DAE81
  • +120°#8999D8
  • +240°#D08777

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#6DAE81
  • +150°#A98ECD
  • +210°#CE8497

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-forest-green: #6dae81;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-forest-green': '#6dae81',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-forest-green: oklch(0.695 0.094 153.2);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-forest-green": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.4275, 0.6824, 0.5059],
        "hex": "#6dae81"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Forest Green"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaForestGreen = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.427, green: 0.682, blue: 0.506, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaForestGreen = Color(0xFF6DAE81)
}

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 #6DAE81 in the tools

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