Crayola crayon color
Crayola Hot Magenta #FF1DCE
Crayola Hot Magenta is shown here as #FF1DCE, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light vivid magenta in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.681, chroma 0.285 and hue 340.0°. The nearest CSS named color is fuchsia (#FF00FF), ΔE2000 6.9 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.2659
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.681 · 0.285 · 340.0
- Best text
- Black 6.31:1
- Hue family
- Pink
#FF1DCE color codes
- HEX
#FF1DCE- RGB
rgb(255, 29, 206)- HSL
hsl(313, 100%, 56%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.681 0.285 340.0)- OKLab
oklab(0.681 0.268 -0.098)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 58.60, a* 89.52, b* -36.01- XYZ (D65)
X 52.82, Y 26.60, Z 60.73- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 89%, 19%, 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 #FF1DCE accessible?
Black text on it reaches 6.31:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.32:1, enough for large text only.
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
6.31:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +45
-
White text on it
3.32:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −63
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As text on black
6.31:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −43
-
As text on white
3.32:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +58
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#DB00B0 4.52:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.68 to 0.60 reaches 4.52:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#FF1DCE 6.31:1
It already reaches 6.31:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #FF1DCE 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 #FF1DCE
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FF1DCE sits at step 400.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #FF1DCE can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.285; #FF1DCE uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.329 there: 15% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.285
- sRGB edge
- 0.285
- Display P3 edge
- 0.329
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.384
- Dominant wavelength
- Complementary 521 nm
- Excitation purity
- 64%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.3769, y 0.1898
- This color#FF1DCE
- Most vivid in sRGB#FF1DCE
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.681 0.329 340.0)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #ff1dce;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.9598 0 0.8129); }
}Mixing
Mixing #FF1DCE
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%#FF8EE7
- OKLab50%#FFA5E8
- OKLCH50%#FFACE3
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#800F67
- OKLab50%#63054E
- OKLCH50%#63054E
Its complement #00B577
- sRGB50%#8069A3
- OKLab50%#B589A6
- OKLCH50%#D28600
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ff1dce, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ff1dce 50%, white);In use
#FF1DCE 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, 4.5:16.31:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.32:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.32:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.32:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #DB00B0 4.52:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:16.31:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.63:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:15.63:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.63:1 Passes
Color vision
How #FF1DCE looks with color blindness
Protanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 39.1; tritanopia changes it least, 15.4.
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
#3777D2 ΔE2000 39.1
Distinct
Reads as soft blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#8699C9 ΔE2000 33.4
Distinct
Reads as light muted blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#FF2B7C ΔE2000 15.4
Distinct
Reads as vivid pink
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#8D8D8D ΔE2000 30.4
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #00B577. Their lightness contrast is only 1.24:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #FF1DCE · #00B577 | 54.9 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #3777D2 · #B3A673 | 49.0 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #8699C9 · #A1997B | 31.8 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #FF2B7C · #00B4A5 | 73.0 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #8D8D8D · #9E9E9E | 5.6 | Harder to tell apart |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #FF1DCE
Its complement is #00B577, 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#FF1DCE
- Complement#00B577
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#C364FF
- Base#FF1DCE
- +30°#FF4D7A
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FF1DCE
- +120°#AD9A00
- +240°#00AACD
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FF1DCE
- +150°#72AD00
- +210°#00AFA9
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-hot-magenta: #ff1dce;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-hot-magenta': '#ff1dce',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-hot-magenta: oklch(0.681 0.285 340.0);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-hot-magenta": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [1, 0.1137, 0.8078],
"hex": "#ff1dce"
},
"$description": "Crayola Hot Magenta"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaHotMagenta = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.114, blue: 0.808, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaHotMagenta = Color(0xFFFF1DCE)
}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 #FF1DCE 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.