Crayola crayon color
Crayola Wisteria #CDA4DE
Crayola Wisteria is shown here as #CDA4DE, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light muted magenta in the violet family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.775, chroma 0.092 and hue 315.9°. The nearest CSS named color is plum (#DDA0DD), ΔE2000 4.0 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.4480
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.775 · 0.092 · 315.9
- Best text
- Black 9.96:1
- Hue family
- Violet
#CDA4DE color codes
- HEX
#CDA4DE- RGB
rgb(205, 164, 222)- HSL
hsl(282, 47%, 76%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.775 0.092 315.9)- OKLab
oklab(0.775 0.066 -0.064)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 72.76, a* 25.38, b* -23.61- XYZ (D65)
X 51.64, Y 44.80, Z 75.02- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(8%, 26%, 0%, 13%)
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 #CDA4DE accessible?
Black text on it reaches 9.96:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.10:1.
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
9.96:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +62
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White text on it
2.10:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −45
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As text on black
9.96:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −61
-
As text on white
2.10:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +41
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#8E689E 4.54:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.78 to 0.58 reaches 4.54:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#CDA4DE 9.96:1
It already reaches 9.96:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #CDA4DE 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 #CDA4DE
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #CDA4DE sits at step 300.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #CDA4DE can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.172; #CDA4DE uses 54% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.189 there: 10% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.092
- sRGB edge
- 0.172
- Display P3 edge
- 0.189
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.192
- Dominant wavelength
- Complementary 559 nm
- Excitation purity
- 23%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.3011, y 0.2613
- This color#CDA4DE
- Most vivid in sRGB#E090FF
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.775 0.189 315.9)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #cda4de;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8444 0.5632 1); }
}Mixing
Mixing #CDA4DE
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%#E6D2EF
- OKLab50%#E6D1EF
- OKLCH50%#E6D1EF
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#67526F
- OKLab50%#4E3D55
- OKLCH50%#4E3D55
Its complement #9BC488
- sRGB50%#B4B4B3
- OKLab50%#B5B6B5
- OKLCH50%#70C2E3
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #cda4de, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #cda4de 50%, white);In use
#CDA4DE 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, 4.5:19.96:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.10:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:12.10:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.10:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #8E689E 4.54:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:19.96:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:18.88:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:18.88:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:18.88:1 Passes
Color vision
How #CDA4DE looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 21.6; tritanopia changes it least, 12.9.
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
#9CB0E0 ΔE2000 16.3
Distinct
Reads as light muted blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#A5B4DC ΔE2000 15.0
Distinct
Reads as light muted blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#CDABB8 ΔE2000 12.9
Distinct
Reads as light grayish pink
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#B3B3B3 ΔE2000 21.6
Distinct
Reads as light gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #9BC488. Their lightness contrast is only 1.06:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #CDA4DE · #9BC488 | 52.4 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #9CB0E0 · #C8BB84 | 37.9 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #A5B4DC · #C2B78B | 33.1 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #CDABB8 · #9AC0B4 | 33.1 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #B3B3B3 · #B9B9B9 | 1.6 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #CDA4DE
Its complement is #9BC488, a light muted green.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#CDA4DE
- Complement#9BC488
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#B0AEEF
- Base#CDA4DE
- +30°#E19EC2
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#CDA4DE
- +120°#D8AE71
- +240°#67C8C9
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#CDA4DE
- +150°#BDBA73
- +210°#7AC9A8
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-wisteria: #cda4de;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-wisteria': '#cda4de',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-wisteria: oklch(0.775 0.092 315.9);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-wisteria": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.8039, 0.6431, 0.8706],
"hex": "#cda4de"
},
"$description": "Crayola Wisteria"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaWisteria = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.804, green: 0.643, blue: 0.871, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaWisteria = Color(0xFFCDA4DE)
}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 #CDA4DE 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.