Crayola crayon color
Crayola Sky Blue #80DAEB
Crayola Sky Blue is shown here as #80DAEB, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale muted cyan in the cyan family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.838, chroma 0.089 and hue 211.0°. The nearest CSS named color is skyblue (#87CEEB), ΔE2000 6.2 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.6073
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.838 · 0.089 · 211.0
- Best text
- Black 13.14:1
- Hue family
- Cyan
#80DAEB color codes
- HEX
#80DAEB- RGB
rgb(128, 218, 235)- HSL
hsl(190, 73%, 71%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.838 0.089 211.0)- OKLab
oklab(0.838 -0.077 -0.046)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 82.23, a* -22.59, b* -16.74- XYZ (D65)
X 48.96, Y 60.73, Z 87.72- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(46%, 7%, 0%, 8%)
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 #80DAEB accessible?
Black text on it reaches 13.14:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.59:1.
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
13.14:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +76
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White text on it
1.59:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −30
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As text on black
13.14:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −76
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As text on white
1.59:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +26
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#1D8292 4.50:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.84 to 0.56 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#80DAEB 13.14:1
It already reaches 13.14:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #80DAEB 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 #80DAEB
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #80DAEB sits at step 300.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #80DAEB can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.145; #80DAEB uses 62% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.156 there: 8% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.089
- sRGB edge
- 0.145
- Display P3 edge
- 0.156
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.157
- Dominant wavelength
- 487 nm
- Excitation purity
- 25%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.2480, y 0.3076
- This color#80DAEB
- Most vivid in sRGB#0BE2FF
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.838 0.156 211.0)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #80daeb;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.3574 0.8794 1); }
}Mixing
Mixing #80DAEB
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%#C0EDF5
- OKLab50%#C3EDF5
- OKLCH50%#C3EDF5
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#406D76
- OKLab50%#2E545B
- OKLCH50%#2E545B
Its complement #FFB5A7
- sRGB50%#C0C8C9
- OKLab50%#CACACA
- OKLCH50%#D4BDFC
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #80daeb, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #80daeb 50%, white);In use
#80DAEB 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, 4.5:113.14:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.59:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:11.59:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.59:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #1D8292 4.50:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:113.14:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:111.72:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:111.72:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:111.72:1 Passes
Color vision
How #80DAEB looks with color blindness
Protanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 20.3; tritanopia changes it least, 9.7.
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
#CCD4EC ΔE2000 20.3
Distinct
Reads as pale grayish blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#BAC7EB ΔE2000 19.9
Distinct
Reads as pale muted blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#4AE2DF ΔE2000 9.7
Noticeable
Reads as pale soft cyan
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#CDCDCD ΔE2000 20.0
Distinct
Reads as light gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #FFB5A7. Their lightness contrast is only 1.05:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #80DAEB · #FFB5A7 | 48.8 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #CCD4EC · #C5BEA6 | 22.2 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #BAC7EB · #D7CDA6 | 30.3 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #4AE2DF · #FFABB1 | 51.5 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #CDCDCD · #C7C7C7 | 1.5 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #80DAEB
Its complement is #FFB5A7, a pale muted red, 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#80DAEB
- Complement#FFB5A7
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#84DDCD
- Base#80DAEB
- +30°#95D2FF
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#80DAEB
- +120°#EDB5E5
- +240°#E0C885
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#80DAEB
- +150°#FCB2C6
- +210°#F5BD8E
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-sky-blue: #80daeb;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-sky-blue': '#80daeb',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-sky-blue: oklch(0.838 0.089 211.0);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-sky-blue": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.502, 0.8549, 0.9216],
"hex": "#80daeb"
},
"$description": "Crayola Sky Blue"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaSkyBlue = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.502, green: 0.855, blue: 0.922, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaSkyBlue = Color(0xFF80DAEB)
}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 #80DAEB 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.