Crayola crayon color
Crayola Vivid Violet #8F509D
Crayola Vivid Violet is shown here as #8F509D, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a soft magenta in the violet family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.536, chroma 0.134 and hue 320.1°. The nearest CSS named color is darkorchid (#9932CC), ΔE2000 9.8 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.1401
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.536 · 0.134 · 320.1
- Best text
- White 5.52:1
- Hue family
- Violet
#8F509D color codes
- HEX
#8F509D- RGB
rgb(143, 80, 157)- HSL
hsl(289, 32%, 46%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.536 0.134 320.1)- OKLab
oklab(0.536 0.103 -0.086)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 44.25, a* 39.08, b* -31.18- XYZ (D65)
X 20.28, Y 14.01, Z 33.53- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(9%, 49%, 0%, 38%)
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 #8F509D accessible?
White text on it reaches 5.52:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 3.80:1, 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
3.80:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +26
-
White text on it
5.52:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −82
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As text on black
3.80:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −24
-
As text on white
5.52:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +77
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#8F509D 5.52:1
It already reaches 5.52:1 on white, so no change is needed.
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For text on black
#9B5CAA 4.50:1
Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.54 to 0.58 reaches 4.50:1 on black, keeping the hue.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #8F509D 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 #8F509D
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #8F509D sits at step 600.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #8F509D can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.257; #8F509D uses 52% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.277 there: 8% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.134
- sRGB edge
- 0.257
- Display P3 edge
- 0.277
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.315
- Dominant wavelength
- Complementary 557 nm
- Excitation purity
- 44%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.2990, y 0.2066
- This color#8F509D
- Most vivid in sRGB#A900C6
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.536 0.277 320.1)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #8f509d;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.6206 0 0.7723); }
}Mixing
Mixing #8F509D
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%#C7A8CE
- OKLab50%#C7A6CE
- OKLCH50%#C7A6CE
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#48284F
- OKLab50%#341A3A
- OKLCH50%#341A3A
Its complement #3D7F2E
- sRGB50%#666866
- OKLab50%#6D6D6D
- OKLCH50%#A85111
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #8f509d, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #8f509d 50%, white);In use
#8F509D 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, 4.5:15.52:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.52:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:15.52:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.52:1 Passes
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:15.52:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.39:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.39:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.39:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #A565B3 4.56:1
Color vision
How #8F509D looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 24.5; tritanopia changes it least, 14.4.
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
#4464A0 ΔE2000 21.7
Distinct
Reads as soft blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#566B9B ΔE2000 19.6
Distinct
Reads as muted blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#905A6F ΔE2000 14.4
Distinct
Reads as muted pink
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#696969 ΔE2000 24.5
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #3D7F2E. 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 | #8F509D · #3D7F2E | 68.0 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #4464A0 · #827425 | 47.3 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #566B9B · #7A6E35 | 40.2 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #905A6F · #367B6E | 42.5 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #696969 · #717171 | 3.1 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #8F509D
Its complement is #3D7F2E, a soft green.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#8F509D
- Complement#3D7F2E
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#6E5DB5
- Base#8F509D
- +30°#A54878
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#8F509D
- +120°#8F6500
- +240°#007D82
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#8F509D
- +150°#727300
- +210°#008164
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-vivid-violet: #8f509d;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-vivid-violet': '#8f509d',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-vivid-violet: oklch(0.536 0.134 320.1);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-vivid-violet": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.5608, 0.3137, 0.6157],
"hex": "#8f509d"
},
"$description": "Crayola Vivid Violet"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaVividViolet = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.561, green: 0.314, blue: 0.616, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaVividViolet = Color(0xFF8F509D)
}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 #8F509D 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.