Crayola crayon color
Crayola Brick Red #CB4154
Crayola Brick Red is shown here as #CB4154, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a vivid red in the red family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.577, chroma 0.174 and hue 16.6°. The nearest CSS named color is crimson (#DC143C), ΔE2000 5.9 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.1712
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.577 · 0.174 · 16.6
- Best text
- White 4.74:1
- Hue family
- Red
#CB4154 color codes
- HEX
#CB4154- RGB
rgb(203, 65, 84)- HSL
hsl(352, 57%, 53%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.577 0.174 16.6)- OKLab
oklab(0.577 0.166 0.050)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 48.41, a* 55.54, b* 20.19- XYZ (D65)
X 28.12, Y 17.12, Z 10.21- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 68%, 59%, 20%)
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 #CB4154 accessible?
White text on it reaches 4.74:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 4.42:1, 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
4.42:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +32
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White text on it
4.74:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −77
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As text on black
4.42:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −29
-
As text on white
4.74:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +71
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#CB4154 4.74:1
It already reaches 4.74:1 on white, so no change is needed.
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For text on black
#CD4355 4.52:1
Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.58 to 0.58 reaches 4.52:1 on black, keeping the hue.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #CB4154 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 #CB4154
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #CB4154 sits at step 600.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #CB4154 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.231; #CB4154 uses 75% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.261 there: 13% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.174
- sRGB edge
- 0.231
- Display P3 edge
- 0.261
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.304
- Dominant wavelength
- 634 nm
- Excitation purity
- 49%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.5071, y 0.3088
- This color#CB4154
- Most vivid in sRGB#E10046
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.577 0.261 16.6)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #cb4154;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8444 0 0.2636); }
}Mixing
Mixing #CB4154
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%#E5A0AA
- OKLab50%#ECA4A6
- OKLCH50%#ECA4A6
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#66212A
- OKLab50%#4D131B
- OKLCH50%#4D131B
Its complement #008B8D
- sRGB50%#666671
- OKLab50%#8F7172
- OKLCH50%#837D00
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #cb4154, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #cb4154 50%, white);In use
#CB4154 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, 4.5:14.74:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.74:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:14.74:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.74:1 Passes
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:14.74:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.94:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.94:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.94:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #D74D5E 4.56:1
Color vision
How #CB4154 looks with color blindness
Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 37.4; tritanopia changes it least, 4.1.
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
#646154 ΔE2000 30.7
Distinct
Reads as grayish brown
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#887E50 ΔE2000 37.4
Distinct
Reads as muted amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#DE2149 ΔE2000 4.1
Close match
Reads as vivid red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#737373 ΔE2000 26.0
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #008B8D. Their lightness contrast is only 1.14:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #CB4154 · #008B8D | 55.2 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #646154 · #80848D | 18.5 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #887E50 · #70788E | 29.0 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #DE2149 · #00908B | 61.4 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #737373 · #7D7D7D | 4.0 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #CB4154
Its complement is #008B8D, 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#CB4154
- Complement#008B8D
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#BD448E
- Base#CB4154
- +30°#C25300
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#CB4154
- +120°#418F00
- +240°#2777DD
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#CB4154
- +150°#008F6A
- +210°#0086AC
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-brick-red: #cb4154;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-brick-red': '#cb4154',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-brick-red: oklch(0.577 0.174 16.6);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-brick-red": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.7961, 0.2549, 0.3294],
"hex": "#cb4154"
},
"$description": "Crayola Brick Red"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaBrickRed = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.796, green: 0.255, blue: 0.329, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaBrickRed = Color(0xFFCB4154)
}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 #CB4154 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.