Crayola crayon color

Crayola Violet (Purple) #926EAE

Crayola Violet (Purple) is shown here as #926EAE, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a soft violet in the violet family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.599, chroma 0.103 and hue 309.4°. The nearest CSS named color is mediumpurple (#9370DB), ΔE2000 8.8 away.

Relative luminance
0.2032
OKLCH L · C · h
0.599 · 0.103 · 309.4
Best text
Black 5.06:1
Hue family
Violet
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#926EAE color codes

HEX
#926EAE
RGB
rgb(146, 110, 174)
HSL
hsl(274, 28%, 56%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.599 0.103 309.4)
OKLab
oklab(0.599 0.065 -0.079)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 52.20, a* 26.70, b* -28.74
XYZ (D65)
X 25.07, Y 20.32, Z 42.64
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(16%, 37%, 0%, 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 #926EAE accessible?

Black text on it reaches 5.06:1, passing AA. White text manages only 4.14:1, 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

    5.06:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +35

  • White text on it

    4.14:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −73

  • As text on black

    5.06:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −33

  • As text on white

    4.14:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +68

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #8C68A8 4.50:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.60 to 0.58 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #926EAE 5.06:1

    It already reaches 5.06:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #926EAE 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 #926EAE

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #926EAE sits at step 500.

  1. 50#F9F2FF
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.17
  2. 100#F3E5FF
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.46
  3. 200#E7CAFF
    White
    1.46
    Black
    14.28
  4. 300#D0ADED
    White
    1.92
    Black
    10.88
  5. 400#B490D1
    White
    2.67
    Black
    7.85
  6. 500This color#926EAE
    White
    4.14
    Black
    5.06
  7. 600#805D9B
    White
    5.30
    Black
    3.95
  8. 700#694782
    White
    7.43
    Black
    2.82
  9. 800#4E2F65
    White
    10.94
    Black
    1.91
  10. 900#351A48
    White
    15.07
    Black
    1.39
  11. 950#200830
    White
    18.44
    Black
    1.13

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

Gamut

How vivid #926EAE can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.295; #926EAE uses 35% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.318 there: 8% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.103
sRGB edge
0.295
Display P3 edge
0.318
Rec. 2020 edge
0.323
Dominant wavelength
Complementary 563 nm
Excitation purity
32%
Chromaticity
x 0.2848, y 0.2308
  • This color#926EAE
  • Most vivid in sRGB#B317FF
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.599 0.318 309.4)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #926eae;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.6566 0.0311 1); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #926EAE

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%#C9B7D7
  • OKLab50%#C7B5D7
  • OKLCH50%#C7B5D7

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#493757
  • OKLab50%#352641
  • OKLCH50%#352641

Its complement #6C8C47

  • sRGB50%#7F7D7B
  • OKLab50%#808080
  • OKLCH50%#1A8EAA
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #926eae, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #926eae 50%, white);

In use

#926EAE 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, 4.5:15.06:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.14:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:14.14:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.14:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #8C68A8 4.50:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:15.06:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.51:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:14.51:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.51:1 Passes

Color vision

How #926EAE looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 22.4; tritanopia changes it least, 14.0.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #627BB0 ΔE2000 15.6

    Distinct

    Reads as muted blue

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #6A7DAC ΔE2000 14.1

    Distinct

    Reads as muted blue

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #8F7786 ΔE2000 14.0

    Distinct

    Reads as grayish magenta

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #7C7C7C ΔE2000 22.4

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #6C8C47. Their lightness contrast is only 1.08:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#926EAE · #6C8C4756.0Stays distinct
Protanopia#627BB0 · #92844142.9Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#6A7DAC · #8D814B38.8Stays distinct
Tritanopia#8F7786 · #6E877C26.7Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#7C7C7C · #8282822.3Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #926EAE

Its complement is #6C8C47, a soft green.

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

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  • Base#926EAE
  • Complement#6C8C47

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#7379BC
  • Base#926EAE
  • +30°#A86794

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#926EAE
  • +120°#A77434
  • +240°#06938D

Triadic

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  • Base#926EAE
  • +150°#8F812F
  • +210°#40926A

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-violet-purple: #926eae;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-violet-purple': '#926eae',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-violet-purple: oklch(0.599 0.103 309.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-violet-purple": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.5725, 0.4314, 0.6824],
        "hex": "#926eae"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Violet (Purple)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaVioletPurple = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.573, green: 0.431, blue: 0.682, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaVioletPurple = Color(0xFF926EAE)
}

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 #926EAE in the tools

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