Crayola crayon color

Crayola Orchid #E6A8D7

Crayola Orchid is shown here as #E6A8D7, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light muted magenta in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.804, chroma 0.095 and hue 335.4°. The nearest CSS named color is plum (#DDA0DD), ΔE2000 4.1 away.

Relative luminance
0.4973
OKLCH L · C · h
0.804 · 0.095 · 335.4
Best text
Black 10.94:1
Hue family
Pink
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#E6A8D7 color codes

HEX
#E6A8D7
RGB
rgb(230, 168, 215)
HSL
hsl(315, 55%, 78%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.804 0.095 335.4)
OKLab
oklab(0.804 0.086 -0.039)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 75.91, a* 30.13, b* -14.79
XYZ (D65)
X 58.90, Y 49.74, Z 70.77
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 27%, 7%, 10%)

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 #E6A8D7 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 10.94:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.91:1.

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

    10.94:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +67

  • White text on it

    1.91:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −40

  • As text on black

    10.94:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −65

  • As text on white

    1.91:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +36

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #9D6490 4.50:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.80 to 0.58 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #E6A8D7 10.94:1

    It already reaches 10.94:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #E6A8D7 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 #E6A8D7

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #E6A8D7 sits at step 300.

  1. 50#FFF0FB
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.10
  2. 100#FFE1F7
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.36
  3. 200#FBC3ED
    White
    1.48
    Black
    14.13
  4. 300This color#E6A8D7
    White
    1.91
    Black
    10.94
  5. 400#C68BB8
    White
    2.69
    Black
    7.78
  6. 500#AA709C
    White
    3.81
    Black
    5.50
  7. 600#905984
    White
    5.31
    Black
    3.94
  8. 700#77436C
    White
    7.48
    Black
    2.80
  9. 800#5B2C51
    White
    10.91
    Black
    1.92
  10. 900#401738
    White
    15.02
    Black
    1.39
  11. 950#280622
    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 #E6A8D7 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.164; #E6A8D7 uses 58% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.219 there: 33% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.095
sRGB edge
0.164
Display P3 edge
0.219
Rec. 2020 edge
0.300
Dominant wavelength
Complementary 532 nm
Excitation purity
22%
Chromaticity
x 0.3283, y 0.2772
  • This color#E6A8D7
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FF93E8
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.804 0.219 335.4)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #e6a8d7;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.5318 0.939); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #E6A8D7

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%#F3D4EB
  • OKLab50%#F4D3EB
  • OKLCH50%#F4D3EB

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#73546C
  • OKLab50%#593F52
  • OKLCH50%#593F52

Its complement #8CD2A5

  • sRGB50%#B9BDBE
  • OKLab50%#BFBFBF
  • OKLCH50%#8BC6F9
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #e6a8d7, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #e6a8d7 50%, white);

In use

#E6A8D7 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, 4.5:110.94:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.91:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.91:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.91:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #9D6490 4.50:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:110.94:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:19.76:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:19.76:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:19.76:1 Passes

Color vision

How #E6A8D7 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 22.1; tritanopia changes it least, 10.1.

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

    #A8B6D9 ΔE2000 20.6

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted blue

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #B7BED5 ΔE2000 19.3

    Distinct

    Reads as light grayish blue

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #ECAAB8 ΔE2000 10.1

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted pink

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #BBBBBB ΔE2000 22.1

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #8CD2A5. Their lightness contrast is only 1.08:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#E6A8D7 · #8CD2A553.2Stays distinct
Protanopia#A8B6D9 · #D2C7A329.5Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#B7BED5 · #C6C0A821.4Stays distinct
Tritanopia#ECAAB8 · #7FD1C546.2Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#BBBBBB · #C3C3C32.1Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #E6A8D7

Its complement is #8CD2A5, a light muted green, 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#E6A8D7
  • Complement#8CD2A5

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#CDB0F0
  • Base#E6A8D7
  • +30°#F4A5B6

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#E6A8D7
  • +120°#D2BF77
  • +240°#71CFE5

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#E6A8D7
  • +150°#B0CA86
  • +210°#71D3C7

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-orchid: #e6a8d7;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-orchid': '#e6a8d7',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-orchid: oklch(0.804 0.095 335.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-orchid": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.902, 0.6588, 0.8431],
        "hex": "#e6a8d7"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Orchid"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaOrchid = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.902, green: 0.659, blue: 0.843, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaOrchid = Color(0xFFE6A8D7)
}

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 #E6A8D7 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.