Crayola crayon color
Crayola Purple Pizzazz #FE4EDA
Crayola Purple Pizzazz is shown here as #FE4EDA, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light vivid magenta in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.714, chroma 0.253 and hue 337.3°. The nearest CSS named color is orchid (#DA70D6), ΔE2000 6.3 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.3158
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.714 · 0.253 · 337.3
- Best text
- Black 7.31:1
- Hue family
- Pink
#FE4EDA color codes
- HEX
#FE4EDA- RGB
rgb(254, 78, 218)- HSL
hsl(312, 99%, 65%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.714 0.253 337.3)- OKLab
oklab(0.714 0.234 -0.098)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 63.00, a* 79.28, b* -35.95- XYZ (D65)
X 56.25, Y 31.59, Z 69.45- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 69%, 14%, 0%)
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 #FE4EDA accessible?
Black text on it reaches 7.31:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.87:1.
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
7.31:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +50
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White text on it
2.87:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −58
-
As text on black
7.31:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −48
-
As text on white
2.87:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +53
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#D518B4 4.54:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.71 to 0.60 reaches 4.54:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#FE4EDA 7.31:1
It already reaches 7.31:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #FE4EDA 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 #FE4EDA
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FE4EDA sits at step 400.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #FE4EDA can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.257; #FE4EDA uses 99% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.337 there: 31% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.253
- sRGB edge
- 0.257
- Display P3 edge
- 0.337
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.405
- Dominant wavelength
- Complementary 529 nm
- Excitation purity
- 56%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.3576, y 0.2008
- This color#FE4EDA
- Most vivid in sRGB#FF4CDB
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.714 0.337 337.3)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #fe4eda;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.1128 0.8945); }
}Mixing
Mixing #FE4EDA
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%#FFA7ED
- OKLab50%#FFAFEE
- OKLCH50%#FFB4EA
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#7F276D
- OKLab50%#631954
- OKLCH50%#631954
Its complement #00C177
- sRGB50%#7F88A9
- OKLab50%#B599AC
- OKLCH50%#E28C00
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fe4eda, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fe4eda 50%, white);In use
#FE4EDA 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, 4.5:17.31:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.87:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:12.87:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.87:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #D518B4 4.54:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:17.31:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.52:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:16.52:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.52:1 Passes
Color vision
How #FE4EDA looks with color blindness
Protanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 36.6; tritanopia changes it least, 15.3.
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
#5387DE ΔE2000 36.6
Distinct
Reads as soft blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#8EA2D6 ΔE2000 31.5
Distinct
Reads as light muted blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#FF588E ΔE2000 15.3
Distinct
Reads as light vivid pink
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#989898 ΔE2000 29.5
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #00C177. Their lightness contrast is only 1.21:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #FE4EDA · #00C177 | 55.2 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #5387DE · #BFB172 | 49.8 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #8EA2D6 · #ADA37C | 35.3 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #FF588E · #00BFAE | 71.0 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #989898 · #A9A9A9 | 5.2 | Harder to tell apart |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #FE4EDA
Its complement is #00C177, a light soft green, 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#FE4EDA
- Complement#00C177
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#C37CFF
- Base#FE4EDA
- +30°#FF678E
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FE4EDA
- +120°#BDA200
- +240°#00B5D7
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FE4EDA
- +150°#83B700
- +210°#00BBB0
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-purple-pizzazz: #fe4eda;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-purple-pizzazz': '#fe4eda',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-purple-pizzazz: oklch(0.714 0.253 337.3);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-purple-pizzazz": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.9961, 0.3059, 0.8549],
"hex": "#fe4eda"
},
"$description": "Crayola Purple Pizzazz"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaPurplePizzazz = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.996, green: 0.306, blue: 0.855, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaPurplePizzazz = Color(0xFFFE4EDA)
}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 #FE4EDA 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.