Crayola crayon color

Crayola Gray #95918C

Crayola Gray is shown here as #95918C, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a gray in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.659 with chroma 0.009, too low for hue to matter. The nearest CSS named color is gray (#808080), ΔE2000 6.9 away.

Relative luminance
0.2853
OKLCH L · C · h
0.659 · 0.009 · 73.7
Best text
Black 6.70:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#95918C color codes

HEX
#95918C
RGB
rgb(149, 145, 140)
HSL
hsl(33, 4%, 57%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.659 0.009 73.7)
OKLab
oklab(0.659 0.002 0.008)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 60.37, a* 0.53, b* 3.17
XYZ (D65)
X 27.25, Y 28.53, Z 28.88
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 3%, 6%, 42%)

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 #95918C accessible?

Black text on it reaches 6.70:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.13:1, 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

    6.70:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +45

  • White text on it

    3.13:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −63

  • As text on black

    6.70:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −43

  • As text on white

    3.13:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +58

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #7A7671 4.50:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.66 to 0.57 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #95918C 6.70:1

    It already reaches 6.70:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #95918C 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 #95918C

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #95918C sits at step 500.

  1. 50#F8F4F0
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.18
  2. 100#EEEAE6
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.54
  3. 200#DBD7D2
    White
    1.43
    Black
    14.66
  4. 300#C1BDB8
    White
    1.86
    Black
    11.23
  5. 400#A5A19C
    White
    2.56
    Black
    8.17
  6. 500This color#95918C
    White
    3.13
    Black
    6.70
  7. 600#726E69
    White
    5.06
    Black
    4.14
  8. 700#5B5753
    White
    7.15
    Black
    2.93
  9. 800#423F3B
    White
    10.46
    Black
    2.00
  10. 900#2B2825
    White
    14.65
    Black
    1.43
  11. 950#181613
    White
    18.05
    Black
    1.16

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

Gamut

How vivid #95918C can get

A gray has no hue, so no gamut holds a more vivid version of #95918C: more chroma would make it another color.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.009
sRGB edge
No hue
Display P3 edge
No hue
Rec. 2020 edge
No hue
Dominant wavelength
579 nm
Excitation purity
5%
Chromaticity
x 0.3219, y 0.3370

Mixing

Mixing #95918C

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%#CAC8C6
  • OKLab50%#C9C7C4
  • OKLCH50%#C9C7C4

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#4B4946
  • OKLab50%#373533
  • OKLCH50%#373533
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #95918c, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #95918c 50%, white);

In use

#95918C 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, 4.5:16.70:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.13:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:13.13:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.13:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #7A7671 4.50:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:16.70:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.98:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:15.98:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.98:1 Passes

Color vision

How #95918C looks with color blindness

As a neutral it barely changes under any simulation, ΔE2000 3.7 at most.

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

    #93918C ΔE2000 1.1

    Very close

    Reads as gray

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #94928C ΔE2000 1.4

    Very close

    Reads as gray

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #979090 ΔE2000 3.7

    Close match

    Reads as gray

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #929292 ΔE2000 3.1

    Close match

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

A near-neutral has no complementary hue to pair with, so tell it apart from neighboring grays by lightness contrast alone.

Harmony

Color harmonies for #95918C

A neutral has no hue to rotate, so every harmony collapses back to the same gray. Pair it with an accent color instead.

Or pair it by lightness: steps of its own scale as text on it, and what each can carry.

Build a lightness scale in Harmony Studio

  • Step 950 #181613 · 5.76:1

    Body text, AA

  • Step 700 #5B5753 · 2.28:1

    Decoration only, under 3:1

  • Step 300 #C1BDB8 · 1.67:1

    Decoration only, under 3:1

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-crayola-gray: #95918c;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-gray': '#95918c',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-gray: oklch(0.659 0.009 73.7);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-gray": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.5843, 0.5686, 0.549],
        "hex": "#95918c"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Gray"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaGray = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.584, green: 0.569, blue: 0.549, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaGray = Color(0xFF95918C)
}

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 #95918C in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.