Crayola crayon color
Crayola Thistle #EBC7DF
Crayola Thistle is shown here as #EBC7DF, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale muted magenta in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.867, chroma 0.051 and hue 338.4°. The nearest CSS named color is thistle (#D8BFD8), ΔE2000 4.0 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.6384
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.867 · 0.051 · 338.4
- Best text
- Black 13.76:1
- Hue family
- Pink
#EBC7DF color codes
- HEX
#EBC7DF- RGB
rgb(235, 199, 223)- HSL
hsl(320, 47%, 85%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.867 0.051 338.4)- OKLab
oklab(0.867 0.048 -0.019)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 83.88, a* 16.67, b* -7.15- XYZ (D65)
X 68.00, Y 63.84, Z 78.54- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 15%, 5%, 8%)
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 #EBC7DF accessible?
Black text on it reaches 13.76:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.52:1.
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
13.76:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +79
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White text on it
1.52:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −27
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As text on black
13.76:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −78
-
As text on white
1.52:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +24
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#8D6D82 4.52:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.87 to 0.57 reaches 4.52:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#EBC7DF 13.76:1
It already reaches 13.76:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #EBC7DF 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 #EBC7DF
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #EBC7DF sits at step 200.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #EBC7DF can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.099; #EBC7DF uses 52% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.132 there: 34% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.051
- sRGB edge
- 0.099
- Display P3 edge
- 0.132
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.193
- Dominant wavelength
- Complementary 524 nm
- Excitation purity
- 12%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.3232, y 0.3034
- This color#EBC7DF
- Most vivid in sRGB#FFBAEA
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.867 0.132 338.4)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #ebc7df;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.7093 0.9316); }
}Mixing
Mixing #EBC7DF
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%#F5E3EF
- OKLab50%#F5E3EF
- OKLCH50%#F5E3EF
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#766470
- OKLab50%#5B4C56
- OKLCH50%#5B4C56
Its complement #B8DEC7
- sRGB50%#D2D3D3
- OKLab50%#D3D3D3
- OKLCH50%#BAD7F4
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ebc7df, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ebc7df 50%, white);In use
#EBC7DF 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, 4.5:113.76:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.52:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:11.52:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.52:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #8D6D82 4.52:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:113.76:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:112.28:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:112.28:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:112.28:1 Passes
Color vision
How #EBC7DF looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 16.3; tritanopia changes it least, 6.1.
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
#C8CEE0 ΔE2000 15.6
Distinct
Reads as pale grayish blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#D0D3DE ΔE2000 15.1
Distinct
Reads as light gray
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#F0C8CF ΔE2000 6.1
Noticeable
Reads as pale grayish pink
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#D1D1D1 ΔE2000 16.3
Distinct
Reads as light gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #B8DEC7. Their lightness contrast is only 1.03:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #EBC7DF · #B8DEC7 | 32.4 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #C8CEE0 · #DDD8C6 | 17.0 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #D0D3DE · #D6D3C8 | 10.9 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #F0C8CF · #B2DDD7 | 35.5 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #D1D1D1 · #D5D5D5 | 0.9 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #EBC7DF
Its complement is #B8DEC7, a pale 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#EBC7DF
- Complement#B8DEC7
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#DDCBEE
- Base#EBC7DF
- +30°#F3C6CD
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#EBC7DF
- +120°#DCD4AE
- +240°#AEDCEA
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#EBC7DF
- +150°#C9DAB7
- +210°#AEDFDA
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-thistle: #ebc7df;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-thistle': '#ebc7df',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-thistle: oklch(0.867 0.051 338.4);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-thistle": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.9216, 0.7804, 0.8745],
"hex": "#ebc7df"
},
"$description": "Crayola Thistle"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaThistle = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.922, green: 0.780, blue: 0.875, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaThistle = Color(0xFFEBC7DF)
}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 #EBC7DF 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.