Crayola crayon color
Crayola Wild Blue Yonder #A2ADD0
Crayola Wild Blue Yonder is shown here as #A2ADD0, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light muted blue in the blue family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.751, chroma 0.052 and hue 271.4°. The nearest CSS named color is lightsteelblue (#B0C4DE), ΔE2000 7.8 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.4212
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.751 · 0.052 · 271.4
- Best text
- Black 9.42:1
- Hue family
- Blue
#A2ADD0 color codes
- HEX
#A2ADD0- RGB
rgb(162, 173, 208)- HSL
hsl(226, 33%, 73%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.751 0.052 271.4)- OKLab
oklab(0.751 0.001 -0.052)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 70.95, a* 3.68, b* -19.01- XYZ (D65)
X 41.23, Y 42.12, Z 65.62- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(22%, 17%, 0%, 18%)
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 #A2ADD0 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 9.42:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.22:1.
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
9.42:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +60
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White text on it
2.22:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −48
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As text on black
9.42:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −58
-
As text on white
2.22:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +43
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#6B7595 4.56:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.75 to 0.57 reaches 4.56:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#A2ADD0 9.42:1
It already reaches 9.42:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #A2ADD0 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 #A2ADD0
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #A2ADD0 sits at step 400.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #A2ADD0 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.127; #A2ADD0 uses 41% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.139 there: 9% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.052
- sRGB edge
- 0.127
- Display P3 edge
- 0.139
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.141
- Dominant wavelength
- 473 nm
- Excitation purity
- 18%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.2767, y 0.2828
- This color#A2ADD0
- Most vivid in sRGB#91A9FF
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.751 0.139 271.4)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #a2add0;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5787 0.6551 1); }
}Mixing
Mixing #A2ADD0
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%#D1D6E8
- OKLab50%#D0D5E8
- OKLCH50%#D0D5E8
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#515768
- OKLab50%#3C414F
- OKLCH50%#3C414F
Its complement #BAAE89
- sRGB50%#AEAEAD
- OKLab50%#AEAEAE
- OKLCH50%#8ABAB1
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #a2add0, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #a2add0 50%, white);In use
#A2ADD0 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, 4.5:19.42:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.22:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:12.22:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.22:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #6B7595 4.56:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:19.42:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:18.40:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:18.40:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:18.40:1 Passes
Color vision
How #A2ADD0 looks with color blindness
Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 15.7; deuteranopia changes it least, 0.9.
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
#A3B0D2 ΔE2000 1.1
Very close
Reads as light muted blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#9FACCF ΔE2000 0.9
Imperceptible
Reads as light muted blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#97B4B9 ΔE2000 15.7
Distinct
Reads as light grayish cyan
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#AEAEAE ΔE2000 13.7
Distinct
Reads as light gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #BAAE89. Their lightness contrast is only 1.00:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #A2ADD0 · #BAAE89 | 29.9 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #A3B0D2 · #B6AC87 | 29.6 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #9FACCF · #B9B08A | 30.3 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #97B4B9 · #C2A8A4 | 26.2 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #AEAEAE · #AEAEAE | 0.0 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #A2ADD0
Its complement is #BAAE89, a light muted amber, 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#A2ADD0
- Complement#BAAE89
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#92B3CD
- Base#A2ADD0
- +30°#B4A7CA
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#A2ADD0
- +120°#CDA39A
- +240°#97B89E
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#A2ADD0
- +150°#C7A78D
- +210°#A9B48F
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-wild-blue-yonder: #a2add0;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-wild-blue-yonder': '#a2add0',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-wild-blue-yonder: oklch(0.751 0.052 271.4);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-wild-blue-yonder": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.6353, 0.6784, 0.8157],
"hex": "#a2add0"
},
"$description": "Crayola Wild Blue Yonder"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaWildBlueYonder = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.635, green: 0.678, blue: 0.816, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaWildBlueYonder = Color(0xFFA2ADD0)
}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 #A2ADD0 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.