Crayola crayon color

Crayola Jazzberry Jam #CA3767

Crayola Jazzberry Jam is shown here as #CA3767, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a vivid pink in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.570, chroma 0.185 and hue 5.8°. The nearest CSS named color is mediumvioletred (#C71585), ΔE2000 9.9 away.

Relative luminance
0.1627
OKLCH L · C · h
0.570 · 0.185 · 5.8
Best text
White 4.93:1
Hue family
Pink

#CA3767 color codes

HEX
#CA3767
RGB
rgb(202, 55, 103)
HSL
hsl(340, 58%, 50%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.570 0.185 5.8)
OKLab
oklab(0.570 0.184 0.019)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 47.33, a* 60.41, b* 7.09
XYZ (D65)
X 28.17, Y 16.27, Z 14.49
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 73%, 49%, 21%)

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 #CA3767 accessible?

White text on it reaches 4.93:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 4.25:1, 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

    4.25:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +31
  • White text on it

    4.93:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −78
  • As text on black

    4.25:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −28
  • As text on white

    4.93:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +72

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #CA3767 4.93:1

    It already reaches 4.93:1 on white, so no change is needed.

  • For text on black

    #CF3C6B 4.51:1

    Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.57 to 0.58 reaches 4.51:1 on black, keeping the hue.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #CA3767 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 #CA3767

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #CA3767 sits at step 600.

  1. 50#FFF1F3
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.12
  2. 100#FFE3E8
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.40
  3. 200#FFC6D1
    White
    1.47
    Black
    14.25
  4. 300#FF9CB2
    White
    1.97
    Black
    10.65
  5. 400#FB6891
    White
    2.80
    Black
    7.49
  6. 500#DC4975
    White
    3.99
    Black
    5.25
  7. 600This color#CA3767
    White
    4.93
    Black
    4.25
  8. 700#A20949
    White
    7.86
    Black
    2.67
  9. 800#790034
    White
    11.27
    Black
    1.86
  10. 900#510020
    White
    15.32
    Black
    1.37
  11. 950#310010
    White
    18.45
    Black
    1.13

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

Gamut

How vivid #CA3767 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.229; #CA3767 uses 81% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.258 there: 13% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.185
sRGB edge
0.229
Display P3 edge
0.258
Rec. 2020 edge
0.303
Dominant wavelength
Complementary 495 nm
Excitation purity
50%
Chromaticity
x 0.4781, y 0.2761
  • This color#CA3767
  • Most vivid in sRGB#DA0063
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.570 0.258 5.8)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #ca3767;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8162 0 0.3797); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #CA3767

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%#E59BB3
  • OKLab50%#ECA0B0
  • OKLCH50%#ECA0B0

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#651C34
  • OKLab50%#4D0F23
  • OKLCH50%#4D0F23

Its complement #008A80

  • sRGB50%#656174
  • OKLab50%#8E6D74
  • OKLCH50%#626DCA
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ca3767, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ca3767 50%, white);

In use

#CA3767 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, 4.5:14.93:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.93:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:14.93:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.93:1 Passes

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:14.93:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.79:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:13.79:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.79:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #DA4774 4.58:1

Color vision

How #CA3767 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 35.8; tritanopia changes it least, 8.0.

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

    #5A5E68 ΔE2000 29.0

    Distinct

    Reads as dark gray

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #817B63 ΔE2000 35.8

    Distinct

    Reads as grayish amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #DC184B ΔE2000 8.0

    Noticeable

    Reads as vivid red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #707070 ΔE2000 26.2

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #008A80. Their lightness contrast is only 1.16:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#CA3767 · #008A8062.2Stays distinct
Protanopia#5A5E68 · #82818015.1Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#817B63 · #72768117.8Stays distinct
Tritanopia#DC184B · #008E8762.6Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#707070 · #7B7B7B4.4Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #CA3767

Its complement is #008A80, 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#CA3767
  • Complement#008A80

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#B641A0
  • Base#CA3767
  • +30°#CD3F14
  • Base#CA3767
  • +120°#638500
  • +240°#007DC7
  • Base#CA3767
  • +150°#008F53
  • +210°#00869D

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-jazzberry-jam: #ca3767;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-jazzberry-jam': '#ca3767',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-jazzberry-jam: oklch(0.570 0.185 5.8);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-jazzberry-jam": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.7922, 0.2157, 0.4039],
        "hex": "#ca3767"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Jazzberry Jam"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaJazzberryJam = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.792, green: 0.216, blue: 0.404, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaJazzberryJam = Color(0xFFCA3767)
}

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 #CA3767 in the tools

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