Crayola crayon color
Crayola Maroon #C8385A
Crayola Maroon is shown here as #C8385A, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a vivid pink in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.564, chroma 0.180 and hue 11.5°. The nearest CSS named color is crimson (#DC143C), ΔE2000 8.3 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.1585
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.564 · 0.180 · 11.5
- Best text
- White 5.03:1
- Hue family
- Pink
#C8385A color codes
- HEX
#C8385A- RGB
rgb(200, 56, 90)- HSL
hsl(346, 57%, 50%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.564 0.180 11.5)- OKLab
oklab(0.564 0.177 0.036)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 46.78, a* 58.43, b* 14.24- XYZ (D65)
X 27.08, Y 15.85, Z 11.30- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 72%, 55%, 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 #C8385A accessible?
White text on it reaches 5.03:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 4.16:1, 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
4.16:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +30
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White text on it
5.03:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −79
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As text on black
4.16:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −28
-
As text on white
5.03:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +73
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#C8385A 5.03:1
It already reaches 5.03:1 on white, so no change is needed.
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For text on black
#CF3F60 4.53:1
Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.56 to 0.58 reaches 4.53:1 on black, keeping the hue.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #C8385A 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 #C8385A
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #C8385A sits at step 600.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #C8385A can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.226; #C8385A uses 80% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.255 there: 13% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.180
- sRGB edge
- 0.226
- Display P3 edge
- 0.255
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.298
- Dominant wavelength
- Complementary 494 nm
- Excitation purity
- 47%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.4993, y 0.2922
- This color#C8385A
- Most vivid in sRGB#D90053
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.564 0.255 11.5)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #c8385a;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8133 0 0.3141); }
}Mixing
Mixing #C8385A
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%#E49CAD
- OKLab50%#EBA0A9
- OKLCH50%#EBA0A9
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#641C2D
- OKLab50%#4C0F1E
- OKLCH50%#4C0F1E
Its complement #008784
- sRGB50%#64606F
- OKLab50%#8C6C6F
- OKLCH50%#6A68C4
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #c8385a, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #c8385a 50%, white);In use
#C8385A 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, 4.5:15.03:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.03:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:15.03:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.03:1 Passes
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:15.03:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.71:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.71:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.71:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #DA4968 4.57:1
Color vision
How #C8385A looks with color blindness
Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 37.5; tritanopia changes it least, 5.7.
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
#5D5C5A ΔE2000 27.6
Distinct
Reads as dark gray
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#827A56 ΔE2000 37.5
Distinct
Reads as muted amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#DA1346 ΔE2000 5.7
Noticeable
Reads as vivid red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#6F6F6F ΔE2000 26.1
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #008784. Their lightness contrast is only 1.15:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #C8385A · #008784 | 58.1 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #5D5C5A · #7E7F84 | 14.2 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #827A56 · #6E7485 | 24.4 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #DA1346 · #008B86 | 61.4 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #6F6F6F · #797979 | 4.0 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #C8385A
Its complement is #008784, a muted cyan, on the cool side of the wheel.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#C8385A
- Complement#008784
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#B73F94
- Base#C8385A
- +30°#C44700
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#C8385A
- +120°#538700
- +240°#0077D3
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#C8385A
- +150°#008C5E
- +210°#0083A1
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-maroon: #c8385a;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-maroon': '#c8385a',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-maroon: oklch(0.564 0.180 11.5);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-maroon": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.7843, 0.2196, 0.3529],
"hex": "#c8385a"
},
"$description": "Crayola Maroon"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaMaroon = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.784, green: 0.220, blue: 0.353, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaMaroon = Color(0xFFC8385A)
}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 #C8385A 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.