Crayola crayon color
Crayola Scarlet #FC2847
Crayola Scarlet is shown here as #FC2847, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a vivid red in the red family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.639, chroma 0.239 and hue 21.0°. The nearest CSS named color is crimson (#DC143C), ΔE2000 7.8 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.2267
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.639 · 0.239 · 21.0
- Best text
- Black 5.53:1
- Hue family
- Red
#FC2847 color codes
- HEX
#FC2847- RGB
rgb(252, 40, 71)- HSL
hsl(351, 97%, 57%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.639 0.239 21.0)- OKLab
oklab(0.639 0.223 0.086)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 54.74, a* 76.08, b* 37.76- XYZ (D65)
X 42.05, Y 22.67, Z 8.12- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 84%, 72%, 1%)
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 #FC2847 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 5.53:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.79:1, 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
5.53:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +40
-
White text on it
3.79:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −68
-
As text on black
5.53:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −38
-
As text on white
3.79:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +63
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#EB003A 4.57:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.64 to 0.59 reaches 4.57:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#FC2847 5.53:1
It already reaches 5.53:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #FC2847 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 #FC2847
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FC2847 sits at step 500.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #FC2847 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.247; #FC2847 uses 97% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.290 there: 18% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.239
- sRGB edge
- 0.247
- Display P3 edge
- 0.290
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.338
- Dominant wavelength
- 623 nm
- Excitation purity
- 69%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.5772, y 0.3113
- This color#FC2847
- Most vivid in sRGB#FF1D44
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.639 0.290 21.0)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #fc2847;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.9734 0 0.2388); }
}Mixing
Mixing #FC2847
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%#FE94A3
- OKLab50%#FFA4A2
- OKLCH50%#FFAAA8
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#7E1424
- OKLab50%#620916
- OKLCH50%#620916
Its complement #009FA7
- sRGB50%#7E6477
- OKLab50%#B07C7B
- OKLCH50%#8F74EC
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fc2847, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fc2847 50%, white);In use
#FC2847 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, 4.5:15.53:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.79:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.79:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.79:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #EB003A 4.57:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:15.53:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.93:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:14.93:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.93:1 Passes
Color vision
How #FC2847 looks with color blindness
Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 46.2; tritanopia changes it least, 3.0.
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
#6F6746 ΔE2000 39.0
Distinct
Reads as grayish brown
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#A2933F ΔE2000 46.2
Distinct
Reads as soft amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#FF0037 ΔE2000 3.0
Close match
Reads as vivid red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#838383 ΔE2000 29.2
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #009FA7. 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 | #FC2847 · #009FA7 | 58.9 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #6F6746 · #9297A8 | 29.8 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #A2933F · #7E89A8 | 38.6 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #FF0037 · #00A6A1 | 63.9 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #838383 · #8F8F8F | 4.3 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #FC2847
Its complement is #009FA7, 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#FC2847
- Complement#009FA7
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#ED2F9D
- Base#FC2847
- +30°#D86700
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FC2847
- +120°#26A900
- +240°#4286FF
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FC2847
- +150°#00A482
- +210°#0099CC
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-scarlet: #fc2847;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-scarlet': '#fc2847',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-scarlet: oklch(0.639 0.239 21.0);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-scarlet": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.9882, 0.1569, 0.2784],
"hex": "#fc2847"
},
"$description": "Crayola Scarlet"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaScarlet = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.988, green: 0.157, blue: 0.278, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaScarlet = Color(0xFFFC2847)
}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 #FC2847 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.