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
#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
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White text on it
1.61:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −30
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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
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
- 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.
.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
/* 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
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#D8D1B3 ΔE2000 23.9
Distinct
Reads as pale grayish amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#FFB4BA ΔE2000 5.5
Noticeable
Reads as pale muted pink
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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.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #FDBCB4 · #91DDE8 | 47.1 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #C9C4B3 · #D1D7E9 | 17.1 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #D8D1B3 · #C2CCE8 | 25.7 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #FFB4BA · #6EE3E0 | 47.5 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #CCCCCC · #D1D1D1 | 1.2 | Easily 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 StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-melon: #fdbcb4;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-melon': '#fdbcb4',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-melon: oklch(0.853 0.076 26.7);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-melon": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.9922, 0.7373, 0.7059],
"hex": "#fdbcb4"
},
"$description": "Crayola Melon"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaMelon = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.992, green: 0.737, blue: 0.706, opacity: 1)
}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.
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.
- 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.