Crayola crayon color
Crayola Pink Flamingo #FC74FD
Crayola Pink Flamingo is shown here as #FC74FD, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light vivid magenta in the violet family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.768, chroma 0.229 and hue 327.2°. The nearest CSS named color is violet (#EE82EE), ΔE2000 3.5 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.4028
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.768 · 0.229 · 327.2
- Best text
- Black 9.05:1
- Hue family
- Violet
#FC74FD color codes
- HEX
#FC74FD- RGB
rgb(252, 116, 253)- HSL
hsl(300, 97%, 72%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.768 0.229 327.2)- OKLab
oklab(0.768 0.192 -0.124)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 69.67, a* 69.25, b* -44.94- XYZ (D65)
X 64.12, Y 40.28, Z 97.31- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 54%, 0%, 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 #FC74FD accessible?
Black text on it reaches 9.05:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.31:1.
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
9.05:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +58
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White text on it
2.31:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −49
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As text on black
9.05:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −57
-
As text on white
2.31:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +45
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#C139C4 4.51:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.77 to 0.60 reaches 4.51:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#FC74FD 9.05:1
It already reaches 9.05:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #FC74FD 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 #FC74FD
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FC74FD sits at step 300.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #FC74FD can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.235; #FC74FD uses 97% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.260 there: 10% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.229
- sRGB edge
- 0.235
- Display P3 edge
- 0.260
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.266
- Dominant wavelength
- Complementary 550 nm
- Excitation purity
- 50%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.3179, y 0.1997
- This color#FC74FD
- Most vivid in sRGB#FE71FF
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.768 0.260 327.2)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #fc74fd;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.9487 0.4411 1); }
}Mixing
Mixing #FC74FD
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%#FEBAFE
- OKLab50%#FFBEFF
- OKLCH50%#FFC0FD
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#7E3A7F
- OKLab50%#622962
- OKLCH50%#622962
Its complement #00D852
- sRGB50%#7EA6A8
- OKLab50%#B4B3B4
- OKLCH50%#FF9539
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fc74fd, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fc74fd 50%, white);In use
#FC74FD 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, 4.5:19.05:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.31:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:12.31:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.31:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #C139C4 4.51:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:19.05:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:18.07:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:18.07:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:18.07:1 Passes
Color vision
How #FC74FD looks with color blindness
Protanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 33.5; tritanopia changes it least, 16.8.
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
#659FFF ΔE2000 33.5
Distinct
Reads as light soft blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#91B0F9 ΔE2000 29.4
Distinct
Reads as light soft blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#FF84AE ΔE2000 16.8
Distinct
Reads as light soft pink
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#AAAAAA ΔE2000 28.9
Distinct
Reads as light gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #00D852. Their lightness contrast is only 1.20:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #FC74FD · #00D852 | 94.6 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #659FFF · #DBC343 | 58.3 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #91B0F9 · #C7B65E | 49.4 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #FF84AE · #00D3BC | 64.3 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #AAAAAA · #BBBBBB | 4.7 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #FC74FD
Its complement is #00D852, a light vivid green.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#FC74FD
- Complement#00D852
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#BDA0FF
- Base#FC74FD
- +30°#FF87B4
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FC74FD
- +120°#DEAB00
- +240°#00CADE
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FC74FD
- +150°#ACC100
- +210°#00D0B2
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-pink-flamingo: #fc74fd;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-pink-flamingo': '#fc74fd',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-pink-flamingo: oklch(0.768 0.229 327.2);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-pink-flamingo": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.9882, 0.4549, 0.9922],
"hex": "#fc74fd"
},
"$description": "Crayola Pink Flamingo"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaPinkFlamingo = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.988, green: 0.455, blue: 0.992, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaPinkFlamingo = Color(0xFFFC74FD)
}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 #FC74FD 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.