Crayola crayon color

Crayola Asparagus #87A96B

Crayola Asparagus is shown here as #87A96B, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light muted green in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.694, chroma 0.094 and hue 131.8°. The nearest CSS named color is darkseagreen (#8FBC8F), ΔE2000 7.5 away.

Relative luminance
0.3459
OKLCH L · C · h
0.694 · 0.094 · 131.8
Best text
Black 7.91:1
Hue family
Green
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#87A96B color codes

HEX
#87A96B
RGB
rgb(135, 169, 107)
HSL
hsl(93, 26%, 54%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.694 0.094 131.8)
OKLab
oklab(0.694 -0.063 0.070)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 65.43, a* -22.97, b* 28.30
XYZ (D65)
X 26.83, Y 34.59, Z 19.17
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(20%, 0%, 37%, 34%)

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 #87A96B accessible?

Black text on it reaches 7.91:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.65:1.

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

    7.91:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +52

  • White text on it

    2.65:1

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

  • As text on black

    7.91:1

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

  • As text on white

    2.65:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +51

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #5F8043 4.51:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.69 to 0.56 reaches 4.51:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #87A96B 7.91:1

    It already reaches 7.91:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #87A96B 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 #87A96B

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #87A96B sits at step 400.

  1. 50#E5FFD2
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.56
  2. 100#D8F7C1
    White
    1.16
    Black
    17.99
  3. 200#C4E4AB
    White
    1.39
    Black
    15.03
  4. 300#A9CA8F
    White
    1.82
    Black
    11.53
  5. 400This color#87A96B
    White
    2.65
    Black
    7.91
  6. 500#719255
    White
    3.53
    Black
    5.94
  7. 600#5A7A3E
    White
    4.89
    Black
    4.28
  8. 700#456229
    White
    6.92
    Black
    3.03
  9. 800#2E4912
    White
    10.10
    Black
    2.07
  10. 900#1A3000
    White
    14.31
    Black
    1.46
  11. 950#0C1B00
    White
    17.91
    Black
    1.17

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

Gamut

How vivid #87A96B can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.192; #87A96B uses 49% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.225 there: 17% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.094
sRGB edge
0.192
Display P3 edge
0.225
Rec. 2020 edge
0.233
Dominant wavelength
560 nm
Excitation purity
34%
Chromaticity
x 0.3330, y 0.4292
  • This color#87A96B
  • Most vivid in sRGB#6EB300
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.694 0.225 131.8)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #87a96b;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.4704 0.7064 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #87A96B

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%#C3D4B5
  • OKLab50%#C2D4B4
  • OKLCH50%#C2D4B4

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#445536
  • OKLab50%#313F25
  • OKLCH50%#313F25

Its complement #B08CC7

  • sRGB50%#9C9B99
  • OKLab50%#9C9D9C
  • OKLCH50%#52AAC6
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #87a96b, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #87a96b 50%, white);

In use

#87A96B 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, 4.5:17.91:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.65:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.65:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.65:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #5F8043 4.51:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:17.91:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:17.06:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:17.06:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:17.06:1 Passes

Color vision

How #87A96B looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 21.6; deuteranopia changes it least, 12.9.

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

    #AEA167 ΔE2000 13.2

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #A99E6E ΔE2000 12.9

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #88A499 ΔE2000 14.8

    Distinct

    Reads as light grayish green

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #9F9F9F ΔE2000 21.6

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #B08CC7. Their lightness contrast is only 1.06:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#87A96B · #B08CC752.5Stays distinct
Protanopia#AEA167 · #8398C939.4Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#A99E6E · #8A9AC535.6Stays distinct
Tritanopia#88A499 · #AE94A127.7Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#9F9F9F · #9A9A9A1.6Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #87A96B

Its complement is #B08CC7, a light muted violet.

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

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#87A96B
  • Complement#B08CC7

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#A89F57
  • Base#87A96B
  • +30°#63AF8A

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#87A96B
  • +120°#71A0D5
  • +240°#D0848D

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#87A96B
  • +150°#9395D6
  • +210°#C585AD

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-asparagus: #87a96b;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-asparagus': '#87a96b',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-asparagus: oklch(0.694 0.094 131.8);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-asparagus": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.5294, 0.6627, 0.4196],
        "hex": "#87a96b"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Asparagus"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaAsparagus = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.529, green: 0.663, blue: 0.420, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaAsparagus = Color(0xFF87A96B)
}

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 #87A96B in the tools

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