Crayola crayon color

Crayola Bittersweet #FD7C6E

Crayola Bittersweet is shown here as #FD7C6E, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light soft red in the red family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.732, chroma 0.160 and hue 27.9°. The nearest CSS named color is salmon (#FA8072), ΔE2000 1.0 away.

Relative luminance
0.3642
OKLCH L · C · h
0.732 · 0.160 · 27.9
Best text
Black 8.28:1
Hue family
Red
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#FD7C6E color codes

HEX
#FD7C6E
RGB
rgb(253, 124, 110)
HSL
hsl(6, 97%, 71%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.732 0.160 27.9)
OKLab
oklab(0.732 0.141 0.075)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 66.85, a* 47.96, b* 30.84
XYZ (D65)
X 50.53, Y 36.43, Z 19.12
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 51%, 57%, 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 #FD7C6E accessible?

Black text on it reaches 8.28:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.53:1.

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

    8.28:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +54

  • White text on it

    2.53:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −54

  • As text on black

    8.28:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −52

  • As text on white

    2.53:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +49

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #C84C42 4.59:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.73 to 0.58 reaches 4.59:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FD7C6E 8.28:1

    It already reaches 8.28:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #FD7C6E 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 #FD7C6E

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FD7C6E sits at step 400.

  1. 50#FFF2F0
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.21
  2. 100#FFE4E0
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.42
  3. 200#FFC8C0
    White
    1.47
    Black
    14.27
  4. 300#FFA194
    White
    1.94
    Black
    10.77
  5. 400This color#FD7C6E
    White
    2.53
    Black
    8.28
  6. 500#D5584D
    White
    3.93
    Black
    5.33
  7. 600#B93F36
    White
    5.48
    Black
    3.82
  8. 700#9C2620
    White
    7.74
    Black
    2.71
  9. 800#7B0508
    White
    11.24
    Black
    1.86
  10. 900#540002
    White
    15.24
    Black
    1.37
  11. 950#330001
    White
    18.40
    Black
    1.14

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

Gamut

How vivid #FD7C6E can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.164; #FD7C6E uses 97% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.210 there: 28% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.160
sRGB edge
0.164
Display P3 edge
0.210
Rec. 2020 edge
0.302
Dominant wavelength
603 nm
Excitation purity
50%
Chromaticity
x 0.4764, y 0.3434
  • This color#FD7C6E
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FF7A6C
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.732 0.210 27.9)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #fd7c6e;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.4471 0.3801); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FD7C6E

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%#FEBEB7
  • OKLab50%#FFC0B6
  • OKLCH50%#FFC2B9

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#7F3E37
  • OKLab50%#622C26
  • OKLCH50%#622C26

Its complement #00BED2

  • sRGB50%#7F9DA0
  • OKLab50%#B3A5A3
  • OKLCH50%#B493F6
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fd7c6e, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fd7c6e 50%, white);

In use

#FD7C6E 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, 4.5:18.28:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.53:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.53:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.53:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #C84C42 4.59:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:18.28:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:17.39:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:17.39:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:17.39:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FD7C6E looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 34.8; tritanopia changes it least, 8.8.

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

    #9B926C ΔE2000 31.2

    Distinct

    Reads as muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #BBAD6B ΔE2000 34.8

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FF6679 ΔE2000 8.8

    Noticeable

    Reads as light vivid red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #A3A3A3 ΔE2000 25.6

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00BED2. Their lightness contrast is only 1.12:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FD7C6E · #00BED267.3Stays distinct
Protanopia#9B926C · #ACB6D330.6Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#BBAD6B · #94A5D239.6Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FF6679 · #00C8C463.6Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#A3A3A3 · #ACACAC2.6Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FD7C6E

Its complement is #00BED2, 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#FD7C6E
  • Complement#00BED2

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#F679A8
  • Base#FD7C6E
  • +30°#F18B2B

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FD7C6E
  • +120°#56C36C
  • +240°#83A4FF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FD7C6E
  • +150°#00C3A8
  • +210°#19B4FF

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-bittersweet: #fd7c6e;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-bittersweet': '#fd7c6e',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-bittersweet: oklch(0.732 0.160 27.9);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-bittersweet": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9922, 0.4863, 0.4314],
        "hex": "#fd7c6e"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Bittersweet"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaBittersweet = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.992, green: 0.486, blue: 0.431, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaBittersweet = Color(0xFFFD7C6E)
}

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 #FD7C6E in the tools

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