Crayola crayon color

Crayola Lavender #FCB4D5

Crayola Lavender is shown here as #FCB4D5, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale muted pink in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.847, chroma 0.093 and hue 350.2°. The nearest CSS named color is pink (#FFC0CB), ΔE2000 6.8 away.

Relative luminance
0.5814
OKLCH L · C · h
0.847 · 0.093 · 350.2
Best text
Black 12.62:1
Hue family
Pink
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#FCB4D5 color codes

HEX
#FCB4D5
RGB
rgb(252, 180, 213)
HSL
hsl(333, 92%, 85%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.847 0.093 350.2)
OKLab
oklab(0.847 0.092 -0.016)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 80.82, a* 30.91, b* -6.14
XYZ (D65)
X 68.48, Y 58.15, Z 70.55
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 29%, 15%, 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 #FCB4D5 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 12.62:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.66:1.

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

    12.62:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +74

  • White text on it

    1.66:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −32

  • As text on black

    12.62:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −73

  • As text on white

    1.66:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +29

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #A36281 4.54:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.85 to 0.58 reaches 4.54:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FCB4D5 12.62:1

    It already reaches 12.62:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FCB4D5 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 #FCB4D5

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FCB4D5 sits at step 200.

  1. 50#FFF1F7
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.17
  2. 100#FFE2EE
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.36
  3. 200This color#FCB4D5
    White
    1.66
    Black
    12.62
  4. 300#EAA7C5
    White
    1.93
    Black
    10.83
  5. 400#CD8AA9
    White
    2.69
    Black
    7.80
  6. 500#B16E8E
    White
    3.82
    Black
    5.49
  7. 600#975776
    White
    5.32
    Black
    3.94
  8. 700#7D415F
    White
    7.51
    Black
    2.79
  9. 800#602A46
    White
    10.95
    Black
    1.91
  10. 900#44152E
    White
    15.08
    Black
    1.39
  11. 950#2B041A
    White
    18.50
    Black
    1.13

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

Gamut

How vivid #FCB4D5 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.100; #FCB4D5 uses 93% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.131 there: 32% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.093
sRGB edge
0.100
Display P3 edge
0.131
Rec. 2020 edge
0.193
Dominant wavelength
Complementary 504 nm
Excitation purity
19%
Chromaticity
x 0.3473, y 0.2949
  • This color#FCB4D5
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FFB2D6
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.847 0.131 350.2)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #fcb4d5;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.6778 0.841); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FCB4D5

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%#FEDAEA
  • OKLab50%#FFDAEA
  • OKLCH50%#FFDAEA

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#7E5A6B
  • OKLab50%#624451
  • OKLCH50%#624451

Its complement #8CE1C4

  • sRGB50%#C4CBCD
  • OKLab50%#CDCDCD
  • OKLCH50%#B0CEFF
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fcb4d5, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fcb4d5 50%, white);

In use

#FCB4D5 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, 4.5:112.62:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.66:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.66:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.66:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #A36281 4.54:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:112.62:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:111.26:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:111.26:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:111.26:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FCB4D5 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 22.1; tritanopia changes it least, 6.6.

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

    #BAC1D6 ΔE2000 21.9

    Distinct

    Reads as light grayish blue

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #CBCDD3 ΔE2000 21.7

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FFB2BF ΔE2000 6.6

    Noticeable

    Reads as pale muted pink

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #C9C9C9 ΔE2000 22.1

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #8CE1C4. Their lightness contrast is only 1.08:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FCB4D5 · #8CE1C443.7Stays distinct
Protanopia#BAC1D6 · #DDD7C319.6Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#CBCDD3 · #CECCC66.2Harder to tell apart
Tritanopia#FFB2BF · #73E2D849.6Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#C9C9C9 · #D0D0D01.7Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FCB4D5

Its complement is #8CE1C4, a pale muted 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#FCB4D5
  • Complement#8CE1C4

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#E8B9F3
  • Base#FCB4D5
  • +30°#FFB7B6

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FCB4D5
  • +120°#D0D38B
  • +240°#8BD8FE

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FCB4D5
  • +150°#ACDCA2
  • +210°#7DDFE5

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-lavender: #fcb4d5;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-lavender': '#fcb4d5',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-lavender: oklch(0.847 0.093 350.2);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-lavender": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9882, 0.7059, 0.8353],
        "hex": "#fcb4d5"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Lavender"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaLavender = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.988, green: 0.706, blue: 0.835, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaLavender = Color(0xFFFCB4D5)
}

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 #FCB4D5 in the tools

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