Crayola crayon color
Crayola Cornflower #9ACEEB
Crayola Cornflower is shown here as #9ACEEB, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale muted blue in the blue family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.825, chroma 0.068 and hue 233.1°. The nearest CSS named color is skyblue (#87CEEB), ΔE2000 3.4 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.5701
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.825 · 0.068 · 233.1
- Best text
- Black 12.40:1
- Hue family
- Blue
#9ACEEB color codes
- HEX
#9ACEEB- RGB
rgb(154, 206, 235)- HSL
hsl(201, 67%, 76%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.825 0.068 233.1)- OKLab
oklab(0.825 -0.041 -0.054)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 80.18, a* -9.92, b* -19.70- XYZ (D65)
X 50.39, Y 57.01, Z 86.93- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(34%, 12%, 0%, 8%)
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 #9ACEEB accessible?
Black text on it reaches 12.40:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.69:1.
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
12.40:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +73
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White text on it
1.69:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −33
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As text on black
12.40:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −72
-
As text on white
1.69:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +30
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#4A7B96 4.60:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.83 to 0.56 reaches 4.60:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#9ACEEB 12.40:1
It already reaches 12.40:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #9ACEEB 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 #9ACEEB
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #9ACEEB sits at step 300.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #9ACEEB can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.105; #9ACEEB uses 64% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.114 there: 9% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.068
- sRGB edge
- 0.105
- Display P3 edge
- 0.114
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.115
- Dominant wavelength
- 483 nm
- Excitation purity
- 23%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.2593, y 0.2934
- This color#9ACEEB
- Most vivid in sRGB#7CD2FF
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.825 0.114 233.1)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #9aceeb;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5427 0.8161 1); }
}Mixing
Mixing #9ACEEB
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%#CDE7F5
- OKLab50%#CDE7F5
- OKLCH50%#CDE7F5
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#4D6776
- OKLab50%#394E5B
- OKLCH50%#394E5B
Its complement #EABA9D
- sRGB50%#C2C4C4
- OKLab50%#C6C5C5
- OKLCH50%#DCB7E0
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #9aceeb, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #9aceeb 50%, white);In use
#9ACEEB 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, 4.5:112.40:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.69:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:11.69:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.69:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #4A7B96 4.60:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:112.40:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:111.06:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:111.06:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:111.06:1 Passes
Color vision
How #9ACEEB looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 15.8; deuteranopia changes it least, 12.7.
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
#C0CCED ΔE2000 12.8
Distinct
Reads as pale grayish blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#B5C3EB ΔE2000 12.7
Distinct
Reads as light muted blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#7ED6D7 ΔE2000 13.3
Distinct
Reads as pale muted cyan
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#C7C7C7 ΔE2000 15.8
Distinct
Reads as light gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #EABA9D. Their lightness contrast is only 1.03:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #9ACEEB · #EABA9D | 34.3 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #C0CCED · #C7BE9B | 28.5 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #B5C3EB · #D3C89D | 32.6 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #7ED6D7 · #F8B1B2 | 43.3 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #C7C7C7 · #C4C4C4 | 0.8 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #9ACEEB
Its complement is #EABA9D, a pale muted orange, on the warm 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#9ACEEB
- Complement#EABA9D
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#91D3D9
- Base#9ACEEB
- +30°#AFC6F3
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#9ACEEB
- +120°#EAB4C9
- +240°#C5CB98
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#9ACEEB
- +150°#EFB5B1
- +210°#DBC294
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-cornflower: #9aceeb;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-cornflower': '#9aceeb',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-cornflower: oklch(0.825 0.068 233.1);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-cornflower": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.6039, 0.8078, 0.9216],
"hex": "#9aceeb"
},
"$description": "Crayola Cornflower"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaCornflower = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.604, green: 0.808, blue: 0.922, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaCornflower = Color(0xFF9ACEEB)
}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 #9ACEEB 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.