Crayola crayon color
Crayola Cerise #DD4492
Crayola Cerise is shown here as #DD4492, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a vivid pink in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.626, chroma 0.202 and hue 353.2°. The nearest CSS named color is deeppink (#FF1493), ΔE2000 5.3 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.2158
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.626 · 0.202 · 353.2
- Best text
- Black 5.31:1
- Hue family
- Pink
#DD4492 color codes
- HEX
#DD4492- RGB
rgb(221, 68, 146)- HSL
hsl(329, 69%, 57%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.626 0.202 353.2)- OKLab
oklab(0.626 0.200 -0.024)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 53.58, a* 65.40, b* -9.30- XYZ (D65)
X 37.08, Y 21.59, Z 29.40- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 69%, 34%, 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 #DD4492 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 5.31:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.95:1, 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
5.31:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +38
-
White text on it
3.95:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −71
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As text on black
5.31:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −35
-
As text on white
3.95:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +65
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#D13787 4.55:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.63 to 0.59 reaches 4.55:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#DD4492 5.31:1
It already reaches 5.31:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #DD4492 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 #DD4492
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #DD4492 sits at step 500.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #DD4492 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.259; #DD4492 uses 78% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.290 there: 12% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.202
- sRGB edge
- 0.259
- Display P3 edge
- 0.290
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.341
- Dominant wavelength
- Complementary 501 nm
- Excitation purity
- 51%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.4210, y 0.2451
- This color#DD4492
- Most vivid in sRGB#F00095
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.626 0.290 353.2)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #dd4492;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8988 0 0.577); }
}Mixing
Mixing #DD4492
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%#EEA2C9
- OKLab50%#F6A7C7
- OKLCH50%#F6A7C7
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#6F2249
- OKLab50%#551435
- OKLCH50%#551435
Its complement #009F81
- sRGB50%#6F728A
- OKLab50%#9D7E8A
- OKLCH50%#AD7F00
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #dd4492, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #dd4492 50%, white);In use
#DD4492 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, 4.5:15.31:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.95:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.95:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.95:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #D13787 4.55:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:15.31:1 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
Color vision
How #DD4492 looks with color blindness
Protanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 32.3; tritanopia changes it least, 12.0.
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
#5E6E94 ΔE2000 32.3
Distinct
Reads as muted blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#898A8E ΔE2000 26.9
Distinct
Reads as gray
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#EE3865 ΔE2000 12.0
Distinct
Reads as vivid pink
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#808080 ΔE2000 26.9
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #009F81. Their lightness contrast is only 1.18:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #DD4492 · #009F81 | 54.6 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #5E6E94 · #999480 | 29.8 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #898A8E · #898783 | 4.6 | Easily confused |
| Tritanopia | #EE3865 · #00A196 | 66.0 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #808080 · #8C8C8C | 4.4 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #DD4492
Its complement is #009F81, 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#DD4492
- Complement#009F81
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#BF53CC
- Base#DD4492
- +30°#E9434A
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#DD4492
- +120°#899000
- +240°#0094C9
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#DD4492
- +150°#15A41E
- +210°#009AA5
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-cerise: #dd4492;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-cerise': '#dd4492',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-cerise: oklch(0.626 0.202 353.2);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-cerise": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.8667, 0.2667, 0.5725],
"hex": "#dd4492"
},
"$description": "Crayola Cerise"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaCerise = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.867, green: 0.267, blue: 0.573, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaCerise = Color(0xFFDD4492)
}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 #DD4492 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.