Crayola crayon color
Crayola Violet Red #F75394
Crayola Violet Red is shown here as #F75394, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light vivid pink in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.682, chroma 0.206 and hue 359.8°. The nearest CSS named color is deeppink (#FF1493), ΔE2000 5.6 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.2810
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.682 · 0.206 · 359.8
- Best text
- Black 6.61:1
- Hue family
- Pink
#F75394 color codes
- HEX
#F75394- RGB
rgb(247, 83, 148)- HSL
hsl(336, 91%, 65%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.682 0.206 359.8)- OKLab
oklab(0.682 0.206 -0.001)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 59.98, a* 67.31, b* -0.53- XYZ (D65)
X 46.80, Y 28.10, Z 30.97- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 66%, 40%, 3%)
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 #F75394 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 6.61:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.17:1, 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
6.61:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +46
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White text on it
3.17:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −63
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As text on black
6.61:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −43
-
As text on white
3.17:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +57
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#D63279 4.57:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.68 to 0.59 reaches 4.57:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#F75394 6.61:1
It already reaches 6.61:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #F75394 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 #F75394
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #F75394 sits at step 400.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #F75394 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.227; #F75394 uses 91% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.292 there: 28% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.206
- sRGB edge
- 0.227
- Display P3 edge
- 0.292
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.366
- Dominant wavelength
- Complementary 497 nm
- Excitation purity
- 47%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.4420, y 0.2654
- This color#F75394
- Most vivid in sRGB#FF4694
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.682 0.292 359.8)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #f75394;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.1584 0.5669); }
}Mixing
Mixing #F75394
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%#FBA9CA
- OKLab50%#FFAFC8
- OKLCH50%#FFB1C8
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#7C2A4A
- OKLab50%#601B36
- OKLCH50%#601B36
Its complement #00B19B
- sRGB50%#7C8298
- OKLab50%#AF8F98
- OKLCH50%#BA9300
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #f75394, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #f75394 50%, white);In use
#F75394 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, 4.5:16.61:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.17:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.17:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.17:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #D63279 4.57:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:16.61:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.90:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:15.90:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.90:1 Passes
Color vision
How #F75394 looks with color blindness
Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 33.4; tritanopia changes it least, 8.9.
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
#737D96 ΔE2000 31.9
Distinct
Reads as grayish blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#9F9C90 ΔE2000 33.4
Distinct
Reads as gray
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#FF406D ΔE2000 8.9
Noticeable
Reads as light vivid pink
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#909090 ΔE2000 27.1
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #00B19B. Their lightness contrast is only 1.17:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #F75394 · #00B19B | 71.9 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #737D96 · #A9A59A | 22.0 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #9F9C90 · #96979D | 9.6 | Harder to tell apart |
| Tritanopia | #FF406D · #00B4AA | 68.0 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #909090 · #9D9D9D | 4.2 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #F75394
Its complement is #00B19B, 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#F75394
- Complement#00B19B
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#DB5FD4
- Base#F75394
- +30°#FF5744
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#F75394
- +120°#8DA600
- +240°#00A3EE
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#F75394
- +150°#00B754
- +210°#00ACC1
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-violet-red: #f75394;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-violet-red': '#f75394',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-violet-red: oklch(0.682 0.206 359.8);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-violet-red": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.9686, 0.3255, 0.5804],
"hex": "#f75394"
},
"$description": "Crayola Violet Red"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaVioletRed = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.969, green: 0.325, blue: 0.580, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaVioletRed = Color(0xFFF75394)
}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 #F75394 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.