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.

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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.

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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.

50#FFF0FB

White
1.09
Black
19.10
100#FFE1F7

White
1.20
Black
17.36
200#FBC3ED

White
1.48
Black
14.13
300This color#E6A8D7

White
1.91
Black
10.94
400#C68BB8

White
2.69
Black
7.78
500#AA709C

White
3.81
Black
5.50
600#905984

White
5.31
Black
3.94
700#77436C

White
7.48
Black
2.80
800#5B2C51

White
10.91
Black
1.92
900#401738

White
15.02
Black
1.39
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.

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.

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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.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#E6A8D7 · #8CD2A5	53.2	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#A8B6D9 · #D2C7A3	29.5	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#B7BED5 · #C6C0A8	21.4	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#ECAAB8 · #7FD1C5	46.2	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#BBBBBB · #C3C3C3	2.1	Easily 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.

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Base#E6A8D7
Complement#8CD2A5

Complementary

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−30°#CDB0F0
Base#E6A8D7
+30°#F4A5B6

Analogous

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Base#E6A8D7
+120°#D2BF77
+240°#71CFE5

Triadic

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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.

Tools

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Crayola Orchid #E6A8D7

#E6A8D7 color codes

Contrast: is #E6A8D7 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #E6A8D7 live

Shades and tints of #E6A8D7

How vivid #E6A8D7 can get

Mixing #E6A8D7

#E6A8D7 in an interface

How #E6A8D7 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #E6A8D7

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

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