Crayola crayon color

Crayola Red Violet #C0448F

Crayola Red Violet is shown here as #C0448F, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a vivid pink in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.581, chroma 0.177 and hue 346.7°. The nearest CSS named color is mediumvioletred (#C71585), ΔE2000 5.3 away.

Relative luminance: 0.1732
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.581 · 0.177 · 346.7
Best text: White 4.70:1
Hue family: Pink

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#C0448F color codes

HEX: #C0448F
RGB: rgb(192, 68, 143)
HSL: hsl(324, 50%, 51%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.581 0.177 346.7)
OKLab: oklab(0.581 0.172 -0.041)
CIELAB (D65): L* 48.67, a* 56.95, b* -15.40
XYZ (D65): X 28.76, Y 17.33, Z 27.81
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 65%, 26%, 25%)

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 #C0448F accessible?

White text on it reaches 4.70:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 4.46:1, enough for large text only.

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

4.46:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +32
White text on it

4.70:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −77
As text on black

4.46:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −29
As text on white

4.70:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +71

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#C0448F 4.70:1

It already reaches 4.70:1 on white, so no change is needed.
For text on black

#C24691 4.57:1

Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.58 to 0.59 reaches 4.57:1 on black, keeping the hue.

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Studio

Adjust #C0448F 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 #C0448F

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #C0448F sits at step 500.

50#FFF1F7

White
1.09
Black
19.17
100#FFE2F0

White
1.20
Black
17.38
200#FFC3E2

White
1.48
Black
14.15
300#FF96D0

White
1.99
Black
10.52
400#EC6FB7

White
2.79
Black
7.52
500This color#C0448F

White
4.70
Black
4.46
600#B23783

White
5.57
Black
3.76
700#951D6B

White
7.87
Black
2.66
800#740050

White
11.29
Black
1.85
900#4E0034

White
15.28
Black
1.37
950#2E001D

White
18.51
Black
1.13

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

Gamut

How vivid #C0448F can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.245; #C0448F uses 72% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.274 there: 12% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.177
sRGB edge: 0.245
Display P3 edge: 0.274
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.321
Dominant wavelength: Complementary 508 nm
Excitation purity: 49%
Chromaticity: x 0.3892, y 0.2345

This color#C0448F
Most vivid in sRGB#D60097
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.581 0.274 346.7)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #c0448f;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.7963 0 0.5867); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #C0448F

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%#E0A2C7
OKLab50%#E5A4C6
OKLCH50%#E5A4C6

Black #000000

sRGB50%#602248
OKLab50%#491434
OKLCH50%#491434

Its complement #00906B

sRGB50%#606A7D
OKLab50%#88747E
OKLCH50%#3A7AD0

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #c0448f, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #c0448f 50%, white);

In use

#C0448F 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, 4.5:14.70:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.70:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:14.70:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.70:1 Passes

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:14.70:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.98:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:13.98:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.98:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #CA4E98 4.50:1

Color vision

How #C0448F looks with color blindness

Protanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 30.1; tritanopia changes it least, 12.6.

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

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#526691 ΔE2000 30.1

Distinct

Reads as muted blue
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#767B8C ΔE2000 25.7

Distinct

Reads as grayish blue
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#CD4163 ΔE2000 12.6

Distinct

Reads as vivid pink
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#747474 ΔE2000 26.0

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00906B. Their lightness contrast is only 1.16:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#C0448F · #00906B	50.3	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#526691 · #8C8569	33.3	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#767B8C · #7D7A6E	15.2	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#CD4163 · #009186	61.4	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#747474 · #7E7E7E	4.0	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #C0448F

Its complement is #00906B, a soft green, on the cool 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#C0448F
Complement#00906B

Complementary

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−30°#A352BF
Base#C0448F
+30°#CE4054

Analogous

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Base#C0448F
+120°#847F00
+240°#0087AD

Triadic

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Base#C0448F
+150°#419000
+210°#008C8E

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-red-violet: #c0448f;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-red-violet': '#c0448f',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-red-violet: oklch(0.581 0.177 346.7);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-red-violet": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.7529, 0.2667, 0.5608],
        "hex": "#c0448f"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Red Violet"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaRedViolet = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.753, green: 0.267, blue: 0.561, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaRedViolet = Color(0xFFC0448F)
}

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 Red Violet #C0448F

#C0448F color codes

Contrast: is #C0448F 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 #C0448F live

Shades and tints of #C0448F

How vivid #C0448F can get

Mixing #C0448F

#C0448F in an interface

How #C0448F looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #C0448F

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

Open #C0448F in the tools