Crayola crayon color

Crayola Melon #FDBCB4

Crayola Melon is shown here as #FDBCB4, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale muted red in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.853, chroma 0.076 and hue 26.7°. The nearest CSS named color is lightpink (#FFB6C1), ΔE2000 7.0 away.

Relative luminance
0.6014
OKLCH L · C · h
0.853 · 0.076 · 26.7
Best text
Black 13.02:1
Hue family
Pink
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#FDBCB4 color codes

HEX
#FDBCB4
RGB
rgb(253, 188, 180)
HSL
hsl(7, 95%, 85%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.853 0.076 26.7)
OKLab
oklab(0.853 0.068 0.034)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 81.92, a* 22.33, b* 13.23
XYZ (D65)
X 66.73, Y 60.15, Z 51.27
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 26%, 29%, 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 #FDBCB4 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 13.02:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.61:1.

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

    13.02:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +76

  • White text on it

    1.61:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −30

  • As text on black

    13.02:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −75

  • As text on white

    1.61:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +27

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #A16660 4.58:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.85 to 0.57 reaches 4.58:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FDBCB4 13.02:1

    It already reaches 13.02:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FDBCB4 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 #FDBCB4

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FDBCB4 sits at step 200.

  1. 50#FFF2F0
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.21
  2. 100#FFE4E0
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.42
  3. 200This color#FDBCB4
    White
    1.61
    Black
    13.02
  4. 300#E9ADA5
    White
    1.91
    Black
    10.98
  5. 400#CC9088
    White
    2.65
    Black
    7.91
  6. 500#B0746D
    White
    3.77
    Black
    5.56
  7. 600#965D57
    White
    5.24
    Black
    4.00
  8. 700#7C4741
    White
    7.40
    Black
    2.83
  9. 800#60302B
    White
    10.74
    Black
    1.95
  10. 900#431A17
    White
    15.01
    Black
    1.39
  11. 950#2B0907
    White
    18.34
    Black
    1.14

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

Gamut

How vivid #FDBCB4 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.080; #FDBCB4 uses 95% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.104 there: 29% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.076
sRGB edge
0.080
Display P3 edge
0.104
Rec. 2020 edge
0.154
Dominant wavelength
600 nm
Excitation purity
20%
Chromaticity
x 0.3746, y 0.3376
  • This color#FDBCB4
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FFBBB3
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.853 0.104 26.7)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #fdbcb4;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.7226 0.6798); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FDBCB4

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%#FEDEDA
  • OKLab50%#FFDED9
  • OKLCH50%#FFDED9

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#7F5E5A
  • OKLab50%#624744
  • OKLCH50%#624744

Its complement #91DDE8

  • sRGB50%#C7CDCE
  • OKLab50%#CECECF
  • OKLCH50%#D3C5FB
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fdbcb4, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fdbcb4 50%, white);

In use

#FDBCB4 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, 4.5:113.02:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.61:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.61:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.61:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #A16660 4.58:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:113.02:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:111.62:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:111.62:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:111.62:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FDBCB4 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 23.9; tritanopia changes it least, 5.5.

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

    #C9C4B3 ΔE2000 22.0

    Distinct

    Reads as light grayish amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #D8D1B3 ΔE2000 23.9

    Distinct

    Reads as pale grayish amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FFB4BA ΔE2000 5.5

    Noticeable

    Reads as pale muted pink

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #CCCCCC ΔE2000 19.6

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #91DDE8. Their lightness contrast is only 1.05:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FDBCB4 · #91DDE847.1Stays distinct
Protanopia#C9C4B3 · #D1D7E917.1Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#D8D1B3 · #C2CCE825.7Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FFB4BA · #6EE3E047.5Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#CCCCCC · #D1D1D11.2Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FDBCB4

Its complement is #91DDE8, 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#FDBCB4
  • Complement#91DDE8

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#F9BACF
  • Base#FDBCB4
  • +30°#F6C29E

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FDBCB4
  • +120°#AEDDB2
  • +240°#B9CEFF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FDBCB4
  • +150°#98E0CD
  • +210°#9FD7FB

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-melon: #fdbcb4;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-melon': '#fdbcb4',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-melon: oklch(0.853 0.076 26.7);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-melon": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9922, 0.7373, 0.7059],
        "hex": "#fdbcb4"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Melon"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaMelon = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.992, green: 0.737, blue: 0.706, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaMelon = Color(0xFFFDBCB4)
}

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 #FDBCB4 in the tools

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