Crayola crayon color

Crayola Red #EE204D

Crayola Red is shown here as #EE204D, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a vivid red in the red family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.612, chroma 0.231 and hue 17.5°. The nearest CSS named color is crimson (#DC143C), ΔE2000 5.1 away.

Relative luminance
0.1975
OKLCH L · C · h
0.612 · 0.231 · 17.5
Best text
Black 4.94:1
Hue family
Red
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#EE204D color codes

HEX
#EE204D
RGB
rgb(238, 32, 77)
HSL
hsl(347, 86%, 53%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.612 0.231 17.5)
OKLab
oklab(0.612 0.221 0.070)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 51.56, a* 74.29, b* 29.75
XYZ (D65)
X 37.12, Y 19.75, Z 8.88
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 87%, 68%, 7%)

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 #EE204D accessible?

Black text on it reaches 4.94:1, passing AA. White text manages only 4.24:1, 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

    4.94:1

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

  • White text on it

    4.24:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −72

  • As text on black

    4.94:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −34

  • As text on white

    4.24:1

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

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #E81549 4.53:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.61 to 0.60 reaches 4.53:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #EE204D 4.94:1

    It already reaches 4.94:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #EE204D 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 #EE204D

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #EE204D sits at step 500.

  1. 50#FFF1F1
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.10
  2. 100#FFE4E4
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.46
  3. 200#FFC7C8
    White
    1.47
    Black
    14.25
  4. 300#FF9FA2
    White
    1.95
    Black
    10.73
  5. 400#FF6876
    White
    2.80
    Black
    7.49
  6. 500This color#EE204D
    White
    4.24
    Black
    4.94
  7. 600#CE003D
    White
    5.68
    Black
    3.69
  8. 700#A6002F
    White
    7.88
    Black
    2.66
  9. 800#7B0020
    White
    11.27
    Black
    1.86
  10. 900#530013
    White
    15.24
    Black
    1.37
  11. 950#320008
    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 #EE204D can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.245; #EE204D uses 94% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.276 there: 13% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.231
sRGB edge
0.245
Display P3 edge
0.276
Rec. 2020 edge
0.323
Dominant wavelength
638 nm
Excitation purity
62%
Chromaticity
x 0.5646, y 0.3004
  • This color#EE204D
  • Most vivid in sRGB#F30049
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.612 0.276 17.5)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #ee204d;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.9135 0 0.275); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #EE204D

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%#F790A6
  • OKLab50%#FFA0A4
  • OKLCH50%#FFA2A5

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#771027
  • OKLab50%#5C0618
  • OKLCH50%#5C0618

Its complement #00969A

  • sRGB50%#775B74
  • OKLab50%#A67476
  • OKLCH50%#816EE1
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ee204d, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ee204d 50%, white);

In use

#EE204D 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, 4.5:14.94:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.24:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:14.24:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.24:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #E81549 4.53:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:14.94:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.41:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:14.41:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.41:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #F0234E 4.50:1

Color vision

How #EE204D looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 45.0; tritanopia changes it least, 6.5.

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

    #65604D ΔE2000 36.1

    Distinct

    Reads as grayish brown

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #978A47 ΔE2000 45.0

    Distinct

    Reads as muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FF0036 ΔE2000 6.5

    Noticeable

    Reads as vivid red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #7B7B7B ΔE2000 28.7

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00969A. Their lightness contrast is only 1.17:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#EE204D · #00969A59.8Stays distinct
Protanopia#65604D · #8A8E9A24.4Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#978A47 · #78819B34.5Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FF0036 · #009C9762.7Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#7B7B7B · #8787874.5Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #EE204D

Its complement is #00969A, 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#EE204D
  • Complement#00969A

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#DD2C9D
  • Base#EE204D
  • +30°#D15C00

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#EE204D
  • +120°#429B00
  • +240°#147DFF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#EE204D
  • +150°#009B74
  • +210°#0091BB

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-red: #ee204d;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-red': '#ee204d',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-red: oklch(0.612 0.231 17.5);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-red": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9333, 0.1255, 0.302],
        "hex": "#ee204d"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Red"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaRed = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.933, green: 0.125, blue: 0.302, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaRed = Color(0xFFEE204D)
}

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 #EE204D in the tools

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