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
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#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

  • 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.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • 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.

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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.

  1. 50#FFF1F1
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.10
  2. 100#FFE4E2
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.44
  3. 200#FFC8C5
    White
    1.46
    Black
    14.31
  4. 300#FF9F9E
    White
    1.96
    Black
    10.70
  5. 400#FF696E
    White
    2.80
    Black
    7.49
  6. 500This color#FC2847
    White
    3.79
    Black
    5.53
  7. 600#CF0031
    White
    5.67
    Black
    3.69
  8. 700#A70026
    White
    7.86
    Black
    2.67
  9. 800#7C0019
    White
    11.22
    Black
    1.87
  10. 900#53000E
    White
    15.28
    Black
    1.37
  11. 950#320005
    White
    18.45
    Black
    1.13

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.

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  • 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.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.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
In CSS
/* 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

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #A2933F ΔE2000 46.2

    Distinct

    Reads as soft amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FF0037 ΔE2000 3.0

    Close match

    Reads as vivid red

  • 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.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FC2847 · #009FA758.9Stays distinct
Protanopia#6F6746 · #9297A829.8Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#A2933F · #7E89A838.6Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FF0037 · #00A6A163.9Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#838383 · #8F8F8F4.3Easily 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 Studio

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-crayola-scarlet: #fc2847;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-scarlet': '#fc2847',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-scarlet: oklch(0.639 0.239 21.0);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-scarlet": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9882, 0.1569, 0.2784],
        "hex": "#fc2847"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Scarlet"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaScarlet = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.988, green: 0.157, blue: 0.278, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

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.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

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.