Crayola crayon color
Crayola Fuchsia #C364C5
Crayola Fuchsia is shown here as #C364C5, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a vivid magenta in the violet family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.649, chroma 0.171 and hue 326.6°. The nearest CSS named color is mediumorchid (#BA55D3), ΔE2000 5.4 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.2475
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.649 · 0.171 · 326.6
- Best text
- Black 5.94:1
- Hue family
- Violet
#C364C5 color codes
- HEX
#C364C5- RGB
rgb(195, 100, 197)- HSL
hsl(299, 46%, 58%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.649 0.171 326.6)- OKLab
oklab(0.649 0.143 -0.094)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 56.83, a* 51.62, b* -34.32- XYZ (D65)
X 37.14, Y 24.75, Z 55.63- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(1%, 49%, 0%, 23%)
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 #C364C5 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 5.94:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.52:1, 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.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
5.94:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +41
-
White text on it
3.52:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −67
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As text on black
5.94:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −39
-
As text on white
3.52:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +62
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#AF51B2 4.52:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.65 to 0.59 reaches 4.52:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#C364C5 5.94:1
It already reaches 5.94:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #C364C5 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 #C364C5
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #C364C5 sits at step 500.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #C364C5 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.301; #C364C5 uses 57% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.328 there: 9% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.171
- sRGB edge
- 0.301
- Display P3 edge
- 0.328
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.377
- Dominant wavelength
- Complementary 550 nm
- Excitation purity
- 45%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.3160, y 0.2106
- This color#C364C5
- Most vivid in sRGB#E400EC
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.649 0.328 326.6)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #c364c5;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.84 0 0.9222); }
}Mixing
Mixing #C364C5
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%#E1B2E2
- OKLab50%#E4B3E3
- OKLCH50%#E4B3E3
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#623263
- OKLab50%#4A224B
- OKLCH50%#4A224B
Its complement #32A94A
- sRGB50%#7B8788
- OKLab50%#8F8F8F
- OKLCH50%#009AD9
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #c364c5, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #c364c5 50%, white);In use
#C364C5 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, 4.5:15.94:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.52:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.52:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.52:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #AF51B2 4.52:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:15.94:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.30:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:15.30:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.30:1 Passes
Color vision
How #C364C5 looks with color blindness
Protanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 27.6; tritanopia changes it least, 15.3.
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
#5A81C8 ΔE2000 27.6
Distinct
Reads as soft blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#778DC2 ΔE2000 24.3
Distinct
Reads as muted blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#C86F8C ΔE2000 15.3
Distinct
Reads as soft pink
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#888888 ΔE2000 26.2
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #32A94A. 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 | #C364C5 · #32A94A | 79.6 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #5A81C8 · #AB9A41 | 50.6 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #778DC2 · #9D9051 | 41.7 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #C86F8C · #00A594 | 56.5 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #888888 · #949494 | 4.1 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #C364C5
Its complement is #32A94A, a vivid green.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#C364C5
- Complement#32A94A
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#9B74E9
- Base#C364C5
- +30°#DC5A91
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#C364C5
- +120°#B28800
- +240°#00A2B1
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#C364C5
- +150°#8A9900
- +210°#00A68D
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-fuchsia: #c364c5;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-fuchsia': '#c364c5',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-fuchsia: oklch(0.649 0.171 326.6);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-fuchsia": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.7647, 0.3922, 0.7725],
"hex": "#c364c5"
},
"$description": "Crayola Fuchsia"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaFuchsia = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.765, green: 0.392, blue: 0.773, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaFuchsia = Color(0xFFC364C5)
}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 #C364C5 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.