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
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#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

  • White text on it

    4.74:1

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

  • 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

  • For text on white

    #CB4154 4.74:1

    It already reaches 4.74:1 on white, so no change is needed.

  • 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.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

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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.

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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.

  1. 50#FFF1F2
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.11
  2. 100#FFE4E4
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.46
  3. 200#FFC7C9
    White
    1.47
    Black
    14.26
  4. 300#FF9FA4
    White
    1.95
    Black
    10.74
  5. 400#F96E7B
    White
    2.78
    Black
    7.54
  6. 500#DA4F60
    White
    3.98
    Black
    5.26
  7. 600This color#CB4154
    White
    4.74
    Black
    4.42
  8. 700#A01935
    White
    7.82
    Black
    2.68
  9. 800#7B0022
    White
    11.25
    Black
    1.86
  10. 900#530014
    White
    15.24
    Black
    1.37
  11. 950#320008
    White
    18.43
    Black
    1.13

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.

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  • 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.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.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
In CSS
/* 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.

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  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #646154 ΔE2000 30.7

    Distinct

    Reads as grayish brown

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #887E50 ΔE2000 37.4

    Distinct

    Reads as muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #DE2149 ΔE2000 4.1

    Close match

    Reads as vivid red

  • 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.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#CB4154 · #008B8D55.2Stays distinct
Protanopia#646154 · #80848D18.5Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#887E50 · #70788E29.0Stays distinct
Tritanopia#DE2149 · #00908B61.4Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#737373 · #7D7D7D4.0Easily 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

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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-brick-red: #cb4154;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-brick-red': '#cb4154',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-brick-red: oklch(0.577 0.174 16.6);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-brick-red": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.7961, 0.2549, 0.3294],
        "hex": "#cb4154"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Brick Red"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaBrickRed = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.796, green: 0.255, blue: 0.329, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

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.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

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.