Crayola crayon color
Crayola Mauvelous #EF98AA
Crayola Mauvelous is shown here as #EF98AA, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light soft pink in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.772, chroma 0.106 and hue 6.4°. The nearest CSS named color is lightpink (#FFB6C1), ΔE2000 7.1 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.4371
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.772 · 0.106 · 6.4
- Best text
- Black 9.74:1
- Hue family
- Pink
#EF98AA color codes
- HEX
#EF98AA- RGB
rgb(239, 152, 170)- HSL
hsl(348, 73%, 77%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.772 0.106 6.4)- OKLab
oklab(0.772 0.106 0.012)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 72.04, a* 34.86, b* 4.36- XYZ (D65)
X 54.08, Y 43.71, Z 43.61- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 36%, 29%, 6%)
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 #EF98AA accessible?
Black text on it reaches 9.74:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.15:1.
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
9.74:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +61
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White text on it
2.15:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −46
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As text on black
9.74:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −60
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As text on white
2.15:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +42
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#AF5E71 4.50:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.77 to 0.58 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#EF98AA 9.74:1
It already reaches 9.74:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #EF98AA 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 #EF98AA
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #EF98AA sits at step 300.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #EF98AA can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.140; #EF98AA uses 76% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.182 there: 30% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.106
- sRGB edge
- 0.140
- Display P3 edge
- 0.182
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.264
- Dominant wavelength
- Complementary 495 nm
- Excitation purity
- 20%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.3825, y 0.3091
- This color#EF98AA
- Most vivid in sRGB#FF8DA7
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.772 0.182 6.4)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #ef98aa;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.5219 0.6381); }
}Mixing
Mixing #EF98AA
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%#F7CCD5
- OKLab50%#FACCD4
- OKLCH50%#FACCD4
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#784C55
- OKLab50%#5C383F
- OKLCH50%#5C383F
Its complement #56CBBF
- sRGB50%#A3B2B5
- OKLab50%#B5B5B5
- OKLCH50%#C9B562
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ef98aa, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ef98aa 50%, white);In use
#EF98AA 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, 4.5:19.74:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.15:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:12.15:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.15:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #AF5E71 4.50:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:19.74:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:18.69:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:18.69:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:18.69:1 Passes
Color vision
How #EF98AA looks with color blindness
Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 27.7; tritanopia changes it least, 4.5.
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
#A6A7AA ΔE2000 23.3
Distinct
Reads as light gray
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#BBB7A8 ΔE2000 27.7
Distinct
Reads as light grayish amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#FE919E ΔE2000 4.5
Close match
Reads as light soft pink
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#B1B1B1 ΔE2000 23.0
Distinct
Reads as light gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #56CBBF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.09:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #EF98AA · #56CBBF | 53.0 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #A6A7AA · #C1C1BF | 7.6 | Harder to tell apart |
| Deuteranopia | #BBB7A8 · #AFB3C0 | 13.9 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #FE919E · #00CFC7 | 58.8 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #B1B1B1 · #B9B9B9 | 2.2 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #EF98AA
Its complement is #56CBBF, a light 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#EF98AA
- Complement#56CBBF
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#E09BCE
- Base#EF98AA
- +30°#F09C85
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#EF98AA
- +120°#A4C276
- +240°#7BBCF5
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#EF98AA
- +150°#79C999
- +210°#58C6E1
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-mauvelous: #ef98aa;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-mauvelous': '#ef98aa',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-mauvelous: oklch(0.772 0.106 6.4);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-mauvelous": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.9373, 0.5961, 0.6667],
"hex": "#ef98aa"
},
"$description": "Crayola Mauvelous"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaMauvelous = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.937, green: 0.596, blue: 0.667, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaMauvelous = Color(0xFFEF98AA)
}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 #EF98AA 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.