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
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#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

  • White text on it

    1.69:1

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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #9ACEEB 12.40:1

    It already reaches 12.40:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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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.

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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.

  1. 50#EAF7FF
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.24
  2. 100#D5F0FF
    White
    1.18
    Black
    17.73
  3. 200#B1DFF9
    White
    1.41
    Black
    14.79
  4. 300This color#9ACEEB
    White
    1.69
    Black
    12.40
  5. 400#77A9C5
    White
    2.54
    Black
    8.26
  6. 500#5B8DA9
    White
    3.60
    Black
    5.82
  7. 600#447590
    White
    5.00
    Black
    4.19
  8. 700#2E5E77
    White
    7.03
    Black
    2.98
  9. 800#17455B
    White
    10.30
    Black
    2.03
  10. 900#012D40
    White
    14.47
    Black
    1.45
  11. 950#001926
    White
    17.99
    Black
    1.16

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.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • 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.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.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
In CSS
/* 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

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #B5C3EB ΔE2000 12.7

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted blue

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #7ED6D7 ΔE2000 13.3

    Distinct

    Reads as pale muted cyan

  • 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.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#9ACEEB · #EABA9D34.3Stays distinct
Protanopia#C0CCED · #C7BE9B28.5Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#B5C3EB · #D3C89D32.6Stays distinct
Tritanopia#7ED6D7 · #F8B1B243.3Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#C7C7C7 · #C4C4C40.8Easily 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

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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-cornflower: #9aceeb;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-cornflower': '#9aceeb',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-cornflower: oklch(0.825 0.068 233.1);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-cornflower": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.6039, 0.8078, 0.9216],
        "hex": "#9aceeb"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Cornflower"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaCornflower = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.604, green: 0.808, blue: 0.922, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

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.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

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.