Crayola crayon color
Crayola Plum #8E4585
Crayola Plum is shown here as #8E4585, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a soft magenta in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.506, chroma 0.129 and hue 332.1°. The nearest CSS named color is darkmagenta (#8B008B), ΔE2000 10.3 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.1170
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.506 · 0.129 · 332.1
- Best text
- White 6.28:1
- Hue family
- Pink
#8E4585 color codes
- HEX
#8E4585- RGB
rgb(142, 69, 133)- HSL
hsl(307, 35%, 41%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.506 0.129 332.1)- OKLab
oklab(0.506 0.114 -0.060)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 40.74, a* 39.98, b* -22.18- XYZ (D65)
X 17.52, Y 11.70, Z 23.52- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 51%, 6%, 44%)
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 #8E4585 accessible?
White text on it reaches 6.28:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 3.34:1, enough for large text only.
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
3.34:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +23
-
White text on it
6.28:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −86
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As text on black
3.34:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −20
-
As text on white
6.28:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +80
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#8E4585 6.28:1
It already reaches 6.28:1 on white, so no change is needed.
-
For text on black
#A65B9C 4.59:1
Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.51 to 0.58 reaches 4.59:1 on black, keeping the hue.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #8E4585 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 #8E4585
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #8E4585 sits at step 600.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #8E4585 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.228; #8E4585 uses 57% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.251 there: 10% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.129
- sRGB edge
- 0.228
- Display P3 edge
- 0.251
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.290
- Dominant wavelength
- Complementary 541 nm
- Excitation purity
- 44%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.3321, y 0.2219
- This color#8E4585
- Most vivid in sRGB#A8009C
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.506 0.251 332.1)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #8e4585;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.6197 0 0.6116); }
}Mixing
Mixing #8E4585
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%#C7A2C2
- OKLab50%#C8A0C1
- OKLCH50%#C8A0C1
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#472343
- OKLab50%#341530
- OKLCH50%#341530
Its complement #0B793E
- sRGB50%#4D5F62
- OKLab50%#656565
- OKLCH50%#006BA3
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #8e4585, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #8e4585 50%, white);In use
#8E4585 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, 4.5:16.28:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.28:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:16.28:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.28:1 Passes
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:16.28:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.97:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:12.97:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.97:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #AE62A4 4.53:1
Color vision
How #8E4585 looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 24.2; tritanopia changes it least, 12.5.
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
#435987 ΔE2000 23.0
Distinct
Reads as dark muted blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#586483 ΔE2000 21.0
Distinct
Reads as muted blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#934A5F ΔE2000 12.5
Distinct
Reads as soft pink
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#606060 ΔE2000 24.2
Distinct
Reads as dark gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #0B793E. Their lightness contrast is only 1.14:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #8E4585 · #0B793E | 66.2 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #435987 · #796E39 | 40.0 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #586483 · #6E6642 | 30.4 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #934A5F · #00776B | 50.7 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #606060 · #696969 | 3.4 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #8E4585
Its complement is #0B793E, a soft green, on the cool 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#8E4585
- Complement#0B793E
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#7350A1
- Base#8E4585
- +30°#9E3F5F
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#8E4585
- +120°#7A6200
- +240°#007282
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#8E4585
- +150°#596F00
- +210°#007569
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-plum: #8e4585;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-plum': '#8e4585',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-plum: oklch(0.506 0.129 332.1);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-plum": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.5569, 0.2706, 0.5216],
"hex": "#8e4585"
},
"$description": "Crayola Plum"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaPlum = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.557, green: 0.271, blue: 0.522, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaPlum = Color(0xFF8E4585)
}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 #8E4585 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.