Crayola crayon color

Crayola Sea Green #9FE2BF

Crayola Sea Green is shown here as #9FE2BF, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale muted green in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.858, chroma 0.084 and hue 161.2°. The nearest CSS named color is mediumaquamarine (#66CDAA), ΔE2000 7.8 away.

Relative luminance: 0.6553
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.858 · 0.084 · 161.2
Best text: Black 14.10:1
Hue family: Green

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#9FE2BF color codes

HEX: #9FE2BF
RGB: rgb(159, 226, 191)
HSL: hsl(149, 54%, 75%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.858 0.084 161.2)
OKLab: oklab(0.858 -0.079 0.027)
CIELAB (D65): L* 84.75, a* -28.26, b* 10.43
XYZ (D65): X 50.90, Y 65.52, Z 59.25
CMYK (naive): cmyk(30%, 0%, 15%, 11%)

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 #9FE2BF accessible?

Black text on it reaches 14.10:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.48:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

14.10:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +80
White text on it

1.48:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −26
Text is here, unreadable at 1.48:1
As text on black

14.10:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −80
As text on white

1.48:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +22
Text is here, unreadable at 1.48:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#428364 4.50:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.86 to 0.56 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#9FE2BF 14.10:1

It already reaches 14.10:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #9FE2BF 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 #9FE2BF

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #9FE2BF sits at step 200.

50#DCFFEC

White
1.07
Black
19.55
100#C3FADD

White
1.16
Black
18.03
200This color#9FE2BF

White
1.48
Black
14.10
300#90CEAE

White
1.80
Black
11.62
400#72B291

White
2.47
Black
8.49
500#559676

White
3.49
Black
6.01
600#3D7E5F

White
4.82
Black
4.34
700#266649

White
6.82
Black
3.07
800#0A4C32

White
10.03
Black
2.09
900#00321F

White
14.22
Black
1.47
950#001C0F

White
17.90
Black
1.17

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

Gamut

How vivid #9FE2BF can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.191; #9FE2BF uses 44% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.262 there: 38% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.084
sRGB edge: 0.191
Display P3 edge: 0.262
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.335
Dominant wavelength: 517 nm
Excitation purity: 9%
Chromaticity: x 0.2897, y 0.3730

This color#9FE2BF
Most vivid in sRGB#00F6A7
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.858 0.262 161.2)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #9fe2bf;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0 0.9901 0.6234); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #9FE2BF

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%#CFF1DF
OKLab50%#D0F1DF
OKLCH50%#D0F1DF

Black #000000

sRGB50%#507160
OKLab50%#3B5748
OKLCH50%#3B5748

Its complement #F7BBE1

sRGB50%#CBCFD0
OKLab50%#D0D0D0
OKLCH50%#AED4FF

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #9fe2bf, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #9fe2bf 50%, white);

In use

#9FE2BF 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, 4.5:114.10:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.48:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.48:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.48:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #428364 4.50:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:114.10:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:112.58:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:112.58:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:112.58:1 Passes

Color vision

How #9FE2BF looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 21.4; tritanopia changes it least, 8.9.

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

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#E0D8BD ΔE2000 19.4

Distinct

Reads as pale grayish amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#D5D0C1 ΔE2000 20.0

Distinct

Reads as pale grayish amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#91E2D8 ΔE2000 8.9

Noticeable

Reads as pale muted cyan
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#D4D4D4 ΔE2000 21.4

Distinct

Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #F7BBE1. Their lightness contrast is only 1.07:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#9FE2BF · #F7BBE1	38.5	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#E0D8BD · #BDC7E3	24.2	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#D5D0C1 · #CBD0DF	14.3	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#91E2D8 · #FEBCC8	45.3	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#D4D4D4 · #CDCDCD	1.7	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #9FE2BF

Its complement is #F7BBE1, a pale muted magenta, on the warm side of the wheel.

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

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Base#9FE2BF
Complement#F7BBE1

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

−30°#BDDCA3
Base#9FE2BF
+30°#8DE2DE

Analogous

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Base#9FE2BF
+120°#C8CCFF
+240°#FFC0A8

Triadic

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Base#9FE2BF
+150°#E2C1F9
+210°#FFBCC4

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-sea-green: #9fe2bf;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-sea-green': '#9fe2bf',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-sea-green: oklch(0.858 0.084 161.2);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-sea-green": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.6235, 0.8863, 0.749],
        "hex": "#9fe2bf"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Sea Green"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaSeaGreen = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.624, green: 0.886, blue: 0.749, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaSeaGreen = Color(0xFF9FE2BF)
}

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

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Crayola Sea Green #9FE2BF

#9FE2BF color codes

Contrast: is #9FE2BF accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #9FE2BF live

Shades and tints of #9FE2BF

How vivid #9FE2BF can get

Mixing #9FE2BF

#9FE2BF in an interface

How #9FE2BF looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #9FE2BF

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

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