Crayola crayon color

Crayola Periwinkle #C5D0E6

Crayola Periwinkle is shown here as #C5D0E6, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale grayish blue in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.856, chroma 0.033 and hue 264.4°. The nearest CSS named color is lightsteelblue (#B0C4DE), ΔE2000 4.6 away.

Relative luminance
0.6270
OKLCH L · C · h
0.856 · 0.033 · 264.4
Best text
Black 13.53:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#C5D0E6 color codes

HEX
#C5D0E6
RGB
rgb(197, 208, 230)
HSL
hsl(220, 40%, 84%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.856 0.033 264.4)
OKLab
oklab(0.856 -0.003 -0.033)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 83.28, a* 0.65, b* -12.11
XYZ (D65)
X 59.86, Y 62.69, Z 83.79
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(14%, 10%, 0%, 10%)

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 #C5D0E6 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 13.53:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.55:1.

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

    13.53:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +78

  • White text on it

    1.55:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −28

  • As text on black

    13.53:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −77

  • As text on white

    1.55:1

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

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #6D768A 4.55:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.86 to 0.57 reaches 4.55:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #C5D0E6 13.53:1

    It already reaches 13.53:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #C5D0E6 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 #C5D0E6

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #C5D0E6 sits at step 200.

  1. 50#F0F5FF
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.21
  2. 100#E2EBFE
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.54
  3. 200This color#C5D0E6
    White
    1.55
    Black
    13.53
  4. 300#B4BED2
    White
    1.86
    Black
    11.23
  5. 400#97A2B6
    White
    2.57
    Black
    8.15
  6. 500#7C869B
    White
    3.65
    Black
    5.74
  7. 600#656F82
    White
    5.06
    Black
    4.14
  8. 700#4F586A
    White
    7.15
    Black
    2.93
  9. 800#384050
    White
    10.40
    Black
    2.01
  10. 900#222937
    White
    14.57
    Black
    1.44
  11. 950#101621
    White
    18.12
    Black
    1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #C5D0E6 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.071; #C5D0E6 uses 47% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.077 there: 10% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.033
sRGB edge
0.071
Display P3 edge
0.077
Rec. 2020 edge
0.078
Dominant wavelength
476 nm
Excitation purity
11%
Chromaticity
x 0.2901, y 0.3038
  • This color#C5D0E6
  • Most vivid in sRGB#B9D0FF
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.856 0.077 264.4)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #c5d0e6;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.7347 0.8119 1); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #C5D0E6

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%#E2E8F3
  • OKLab50%#E2E7F3
  • OKLCH50%#E2E7F3

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#636873
  • OKLab50%#4B4F59
  • OKLCH50%#4B4F59

Its complement #DACEB8

  • sRGB50%#D0CFCF
  • OKLab50%#D0CFCF
  • OKLCH50%#E2C7D1
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #c5d0e6, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #c5d0e6 50%, white);

In use

#C5D0E6 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, 4.5:113.53:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.55:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.55:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.55:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #6D768A 4.55:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:113.53:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:112.07:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:112.07:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:112.07:1 Passes

Color vision

How #C5D0E6 looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 10.9; protanopia changes it least, 1.4.

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

    #C9D1E7 ΔE2000 1.4

    Very close

    Reads as pale grayish blue

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #C6CEE5 ΔE2000 1.6

    Very close

    Reads as pale grayish blue

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #BDD4D7 ΔE2000 10.9

    Distinct

    Reads as pale grayish cyan

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #CFCFCF ΔE2000 9.5

    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 #C5D0E6

Its complement is #DACEB8, a pale grayish amber.

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

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#C5D0E6
  • Complement#DACEB8

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#BCD4E2
  • Base#C5D0E6
  • +30°#D0CCE4

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#C5D0E6
  • +120°#E5C8C5
  • +240°#C3D6C3

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#C5D0E6
  • +150°#E2CBBC
  • +210°#CFD3BA

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-periwinkle: #c5d0e6;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-periwinkle': '#c5d0e6',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-periwinkle: oklch(0.856 0.033 264.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-periwinkle": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.7725, 0.8157, 0.902],
        "hex": "#c5d0e6"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Periwinkle"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaPeriwinkle = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.773, green: 0.816, blue: 0.902, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaPeriwinkle = Color(0xFFC5D0E6)
}

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 #C5D0E6 in the tools

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