Crayola crayon color

Crayola Wild Watermelon #FC6C85

Crayola Wild Watermelon is shown here as #FC6C85, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light vivid pink in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.714, chroma 0.176 and hue 12.1°. The nearest CSS named color is lightcoral (#F08080), ΔE2000 6.6 away.

Relative luminance
0.3311
OKLCH L · C · h
0.714 · 0.176 · 12.1
Best text
Black 7.62:1
Hue family
Pink
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#FC6C85 color codes

HEX
#FC6C85
RGB
rgb(252, 108, 133)
HSL
hsl(350, 96%, 71%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.714 0.176 12.1)
OKLab
oklab(0.714 0.173 0.037)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 64.26, a* 57.00, b* 14.36
XYZ (D65)
X 49.74, Y 33.12, Z 25.96
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 57%, 47%, 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 #FC6C85 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 7.62:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.75:1.

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

    7.62:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +51

  • White text on it

    2.75:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −57

  • As text on black

    7.62:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −49

  • As text on white

    2.75:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +52

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #CF4360 4.54:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.71 to 0.59 reaches 4.54:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FC6C85 7.62:1

    It already reaches 7.62:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #FC6C85 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 #FC6C85

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FC6C85 sits at step 400.

  1. 50#FFF1F2
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.11
  2. 100#FFE3E6
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.38
  3. 200#FFC7CC
    White
    1.46
    Black
    14.29
  4. 300#FF9EAA
    White
    1.95
    Black
    10.72
  5. 400This color#FC6C85
    White
    2.75
    Black
    7.62
  6. 500#DA4D69
    White
    4.00
    Black
    5.24
  7. 600#BE3353
    White
    5.54
    Black
    3.78
  8. 700#A0153E
    White
    7.86
    Black
    2.67
  9. 800#7A002A
    White
    11.28
    Black
    1.86
  10. 900#52001A
    White
    15.28
    Black
    1.37
  11. 950#31000C
    White
    18.48
    Black
    1.13

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #FC6C85 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.183; #FC6C85 uses 96% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.235 there: 28% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.176
sRGB edge
0.183
Display P3 edge
0.235
Rec. 2020 edge
0.337
Dominant wavelength
Complementary 493 nm
Excitation purity
35%
Chromaticity
x 0.4571, y 0.3043
  • This color#FC6C85
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FF6984
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.714 0.235 12.1)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #fc6c85;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.3629 0.4902); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FC6C85

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%#FEB6C2
  • OKLab50%#FFB9C1
  • OKLCH50%#FFBBC2

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#7E3643
  • OKLab50%#622530
  • OKLCH50%#622530

Its complement #00BAB6

  • sRGB50%#7E939E
  • OKLab50%#B39C9E
  • OKLCH50%#B6A500
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fc6c85, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fc6c85 50%, white);

In use

#FC6C85 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, 4.5:17.62:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.75:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.75:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.75:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #CF4360 4.54:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:17.62:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.80:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:16.80:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.80:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FC6C85 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 36.7; tritanopia changes it least, 3.6.

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

    #8B8A85 ΔE2000 28.5

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #B0A782 ΔE2000 36.7

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FF5876 ΔE2000 3.6

    Close match

    Reads as light vivid pink

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #9C9C9C ΔE2000 26.0

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00BAB6. Their lightness contrast is only 1.14:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FC6C85 · #00BAB662.2Stays distinct
Protanopia#8B8A85 · #AEB0B613.4Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#B0A782 · #98A0B726.1Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FF5876 · #00C0B866.1Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#9C9C9C · #A7A7A73.3Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FC6C85

Its complement is #00BAB6, 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#FC6C85
  • Complement#00BAB6

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#EA70C1
  • Base#FC6C85
  • +30°#FA763E

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FC6C85
  • +120°#77B831
  • +240°#53A6FF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FC6C85
  • +150°#00C084
  • +210°#00B4DD

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-wild-watermelon: #fc6c85;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-wild-watermelon': '#fc6c85',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-wild-watermelon: oklch(0.714 0.176 12.1);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-wild-watermelon": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9882, 0.4235, 0.5216],
        "hex": "#fc6c85"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Wild Watermelon"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaWildWatermelon = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.988, green: 0.424, blue: 0.522, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaWildWatermelon = Color(0xFFFC6C85)
}

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 #FC6C85 in the tools

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