Crayola crayon color

Crayola Granny Smith Apple #A8E4A0

Crayola Granny Smith Apple is shown here as #A8E4A0, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale soft green in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.861, chroma 0.111 and hue 141.6°. The nearest CSS named color is lightgreen (#90EE90), ΔE2000 5.4 away.

Relative luminance
0.6635
OKLCH L · C · h
0.861 · 0.111 · 141.6
Best text
Black 14.26:1
Hue family
Green
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#A8E4A0 color codes

HEX
#A8E4A0
RGB
rgb(168, 228, 160)
HSL
hsl(113, 56%, 76%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.861 0.111 141.6)
OKLab
oklab(0.861 -0.087 0.069)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 85.17, a* -31.83, b* 27.24
XYZ (D65)
X 50.24, Y 66.35, Z 43.41
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(26%, 0%, 30%, 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 #A8E4A0 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 14.26:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.47:1.

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

    14.26:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +81

  • White text on it

    1.47:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −25

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.47:1

  • As text on black

    14.26:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −81

  • As text on white

    1.47:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +22

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.47:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #4B8344 4.53:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.86 to 0.56 reaches 4.53:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #A8E4A0 14.26:1

    It already reaches 14.26:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #A8E4A0 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 #A8E4A0

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #A8E4A0 sits at step 200.

  1. 50#E2FFDD
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.58
  2. 100#C9FBC3
    White
    1.16
    Black
    18.07
  3. 200This color#A8E4A0
    White
    1.47
    Black
    14.26
  4. 300#98CF90
    White
    1.80
    Black
    11.66
  5. 400#7AB373
    White
    2.46
    Black
    8.52
  6. 500#5E9757
    White
    3.47
    Black
    6.04
  7. 600#477E40
    White
    4.85
    Black
    4.32
  8. 700#31662B
    White
    6.84
    Black
    3.06
  9. 800#1A4C14
    White
    10.05
    Black
    2.08
  10. 900#033300
    White
    14.21
    Black
    1.47
  11. 950#011D00
    White
    17.84
    Black
    1.17

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

Gamut

How vivid #A8E4A0 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.287; #A8E4A0 uses 39% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.338 there: 18% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.111
sRGB edge
0.287
Display P3 edge
0.338
Rec. 2020 edge
0.352
Dominant wavelength
552 nm
Excitation purity
25%
Chromaticity
x 0.3140, y 0.4147
  • This color#A8E4A0
  • Most vivid in sRGB#2EFC00
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.861 0.338 141.6)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #a8e4a0;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.3853 0.9931 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #A8E4A0

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%#D4F2D0
  • OKLab50%#D4F2D0
  • OKLCH50%#D4F2D0

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#547250
  • OKLab50%#3F583B
  • OKLCH50%#3F583B

Its complement #F3B9FD

  • sRGB50%#CECFCF
  • OKLab50%#D1D1D1
  • OKLCH50%#97DCFF
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #a8e4a0, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #a8e4a0 50%, white);

In use

#A8E4A0 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, 4.5:114.26:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.47:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.47:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.47:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #4B8344 4.53:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:114.26:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:112.72:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:112.72:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:112.72:1 Passes

Color vision

How #A8E4A0 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 23.2; tritanopia changes it least, 14.8.

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

    #E8D89C ΔE2000 17.8

    Distinct

    Reads as pale muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #DED3A4 ΔE2000 16.7

    Distinct

    Reads as pale muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #A4E0D2 ΔE2000 14.8

    Distinct

    Reads as pale muted cyan

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #D5D5D5 ΔE2000 23.2

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #F3B9FD. Their lightness contrast is only 1.08:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#A8E4A0 · #F3B9FD59.3Stays distinct
Protanopia#E8D89C · #B2C9FF39.7Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#DED3A4 · #BFCFFB34.5Stays distinct
Tritanopia#A4E0D2 · #F5C0D141.0Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#D5D5D5 · #CDCDCD1.9Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #A8E4A0

Its complement is #F3B9FD, a pale soft magenta.

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

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#A8E4A0
  • Complement#F3B9FD

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#D3D981
  • Base#A8E4A0
  • +30°#7EE9C8

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#A8E4A0
  • +120°#B9D2FF
  • +240°#FFBEBC

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#A8E4A0
  • +150°#D1C9FF
  • +210°#FFBAD8

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-granny-smith-apple: #a8e4a0;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-granny-smith-apple': '#a8e4a0',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-granny-smith-apple: oklch(0.861 0.111 141.6);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-granny-smith-apple": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.6588, 0.8941, 0.6275],
        "hex": "#a8e4a0"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Granny Smith Apple"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaGrannySmithApple = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.659, green: 0.894, blue: 0.627, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaGrannySmithApple = Color(0xFFA8E4A0)
}

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 #A8E4A0 in the tools

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