Crayola crayon color

Crayola Cadet Blue #B0B7C6

Crayola Cadet Blue is shown here as #B0B7C6, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light grayish blue in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.779, chroma 0.023 and hue 265.7°. The nearest CSS named color is lightsteelblue (#B0C4DE), ΔE2000 5.9 away.

Relative luminance
0.4717
OKLCH L · C · h
0.779 · 0.023 · 265.7
Best text
Black 10.43:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#B0B7C6 color codes

HEX
#B0B7C6
RGB
rgb(176, 183, 198)
HSL
hsl(221, 16%, 73%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.779 0.023 265.7)
OKLab
oklab(0.779 -0.002 -0.023)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 74.30, a* 0.55, b* -8.41
XYZ (D65)
X 45.03, Y 47.17, Z 60.15
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(11%, 8%, 0%, 22%)

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 #B0B7C6 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 10.43:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.01:1.

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

    10.43:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +64

  • White text on it

    2.01:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −43

  • As text on black

    10.43:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −63

  • As text on white

    2.01:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +39

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #6F7683 4.57:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.78 to 0.56 reaches 4.57:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #B0B7C6 10.43:1

    It already reaches 10.43:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #B0B7C6 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 #B0B7C6

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #B0B7C6 sits at step 300.

  1. 50#F1F5FF
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.24
  2. 100#E5EBF8
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.57
  3. 200#D1D8E5
    White
    1.43
    Black
    14.66
  4. 300This color#B0B7C6
    White
    2.01
    Black
    10.43
  5. 400#9BA2B0
    White
    2.56
    Black
    8.18
  6. 500#808694
    White
    3.64
    Black
    5.75
  7. 600#686F7C
    White
    5.05
    Black
    4.15
  8. 700#525865
    White
    7.13
    Black
    2.94
  9. 800#3A404B
    White
    10.42
    Black
    2.01
  10. 900#242933
    White
    14.58
    Black
    1.43
  11. 950#12161E
    White
    18.11
    Black
    1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #B0B7C6 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.112; #B0B7C6 uses 20% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.122 there: 9% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.023
sRGB edge
0.112
Display P3 edge
0.122
Rec. 2020 edge
0.124
Dominant wavelength
476 nm
Excitation purity
8%
Chromaticity
x 0.2956, y 0.3096
  • This color#B0B7C6
  • Most vivid in sRGB#95B5FF
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.779 0.122 265.7)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #b0b7c6;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5994 0.705 1); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #B0B7C6

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%#D8DBE3
  • OKLab50%#D7DAE2
  • OKLCH50%#D7DAE2

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#585C63
  • OKLab50%#42454B
  • OKLCH50%#42454B

Its complement #BDB6A7

  • sRGB50%#B7B7B7
  • OKLab50%#B7B7B7
  • OKLCH50%#A9BCB6
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #b0b7c6, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #b0b7c6 50%, white);

In use

#B0B7C6 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, 4.5:110.43:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.01:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.01:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.01:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #6F7683 4.57:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:110.43:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:19.30:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:19.30:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:19.30:1 Passes

Color vision

How #B0B7C6 looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 8.2; protanopia changes it least, 1.0.

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

    #B3B8C7 ΔE2000 1.0

    Very close

    Reads as light grayish blue

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #B1B6C6 ΔE2000 1.2

    Very close

    Reads as light grayish blue

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #ABBABC ΔE2000 8.2

    Noticeable

    Reads as light gray

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #B7B7B7 ΔE2000 7.1

    Noticeable

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

A near-neutral has no complementary hue to pair with, so tell it apart from neighboring grays by lightness contrast alone.

Harmony

Color harmonies for #B0B7C6

Its complement is #BDB6A7, a light grayish amber.

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

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#B0B7C6
  • Complement#BDB6A7

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#AABAC4
  • Base#B0B7C6
  • +30°#B8B4C4

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#B0B7C6
  • +120°#C5B2AF
  • +240°#AEBBAE

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#B0B7C6
  • +150°#C3B4A9
  • +210°#B6B9A9

Split-complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-crayola-cadet-blue: #b0b7c6;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-cadet-blue': '#b0b7c6',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-cadet-blue: oklch(0.779 0.023 265.7);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-cadet-blue": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.6902, 0.7176, 0.7765],
        "hex": "#b0b7c6"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Cadet Blue"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaCadetBlue = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.690, green: 0.718, blue: 0.776, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaCadetBlue = Color(0xFFB0B7C6)
}

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 #B0B7C6 in the tools

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