Crayola crayon color
Crayola Mahogany #CD4A4C
Crayola Mahogany is shown here as #CD4A4C, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a soft red in the red family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.589, chroma 0.166 and hue 22.9°. The nearest CSS named color is indianred (#CD5C5C), ΔE2000 4.3 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.1840
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.589 · 0.166 · 22.9
- Best text
- Black 4.67:1
- Hue family
- Red
#CD4A4C color codes
- HEX
#CD4A4C- RGB
rgb(205, 74, 76)- HSL
hsl(359, 57%, 55%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.589 0.166 22.9)- OKLab
oklab(0.589 0.153 0.065)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 49.98, a* 51.95, b* 27.08- XYZ (D65)
X 28.93, Y 18.40, Z 8.86- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 64%, 63%, 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 #CD4A4C accessible?
Black text on it reaches 4.67:1, passing AA. White text manages only 4.48:1, 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
4.67:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +33
-
White text on it
4.48:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −75
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As text on black
4.67:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −31
-
As text on white
4.48:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +70
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#CB484B 4.59:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.59 to 0.58 reaches 4.59:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#CD4A4C 4.67:1
It already reaches 4.67:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #CD4A4C 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 #CD4A4C
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #CD4A4C sits at step 500.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #CD4A4C can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.238; #CD4A4C uses 70% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.268 there: 13% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.166
- sRGB edge
- 0.238
- Display P3 edge
- 0.268
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.312
- Dominant wavelength
- 613 nm
- Excitation purity
- 56%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.5148, y 0.3274
- This color#CD4A4C
- Most vivid in sRGB#E90031
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.589 0.268 22.9)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #cd4a4c;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8745 0 0.1793); }
}Mixing
Mixing #CD4A4C
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%#E6A5A6
- OKLab50%#EDA7A3
- OKLCH50%#EDA7A3
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#672526
- OKLab50%#4E1718
- OKLCH50%#4E1718
Its complement #008E97
- sRGB50%#676C72
- OKLab50%#907674
- OKLCH50%#7E8400
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #cd4a4c, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #cd4a4c 50%, white);In use
#CD4A4C 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, 4.5:14.67:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.48:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:14.48:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.48:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #CB484B 4.59:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:14.67:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.17:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:14.17:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.17:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #D45052 4.52:1
Color vision
How #CD4A4C looks with color blindness
Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 36.0; tritanopia changes it least, 4.9.
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
#6C654B ΔE2000 31.3
Distinct
Reads as grayish brown
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#8D8149 ΔE2000 36.0
Distinct
Reads as muted amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#E02D4C ΔE2000 4.9
Close match
Reads as vivid red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#777777 ΔE2000 25.8
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #008E97. Their lightness contrast is only 1.13:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #CD4A4C · #008E97 | 51.7 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #6C654B · #818798 | 25.1 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #8D8149 · #707B97 | 33.3 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #E02D4C · #009491 | 60.6 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #777777 · #808080 | 3.5 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #CD4A4C
Its complement is #008E97, a soft 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#CD4A4C
- Complement#008E97
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#C34A86
- Base#CD4A4C
- +30°#BF5E00
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#CD4A4C
- +120°#31942F
- +240°#4577DE
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#CD4A4C
- +150°#009276
- +210°#0088B9
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-mahogany: #cd4a4c;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-mahogany': '#cd4a4c',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-mahogany: oklch(0.589 0.166 22.9);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-mahogany": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.8039, 0.2902, 0.298],
"hex": "#cd4a4c"
},
"$description": "Crayola Mahogany"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaMahogany = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.804, green: 0.290, blue: 0.298, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaMahogany = Color(0xFFCD4A4C)
}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 #CD4A4C 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.