Crayola crayon color

Crayola Radical Red #FF496C

Crayola Radical Red is shown here as #FF496C, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light vivid pink in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.675, chroma 0.217 and hue 14.4°. The nearest CSS named color is indianred (#CD5C5C), ΔE2000 9.6 away.

Relative luminance
0.2711
OKLCH L · C · h
0.675 · 0.217 · 14.4
Best text
Black 6.42:1
Hue family
Pink
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#FF496C color codes

HEX
#FF496C
RGB
rgb(255, 73, 108)
HSL
hsl(348, 100%, 64%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.675 0.217 14.4)
OKLab
oklab(0.675 0.210 0.054)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 59.08, a* 69.89, b* 21.80
XYZ (D65)
X 46.33, Y 27.11, Z 16.98
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 71%, 58%, 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 #FF496C accessible?

Black text on it reaches 6.42:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.27:1, 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

    6.42:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +45

  • White text on it

    3.27:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −64

  • As text on black

    6.42:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −43

  • As text on white

    3.27:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +58

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #E22755 4.51:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.67 to 0.59 reaches 4.51:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FF496C 6.42:1

    It already reaches 6.42:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FF496C 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 #FF496C

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FF496C sits at step 400.

  1. 50#FFF1F2
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.11
  2. 100#FFE3E5
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.37
  3. 200#FFC7CA
    White
    1.47
    Black
    14.27
  4. 300#FF9EA7
    White
    1.96
    Black
    10.70
  5. 400This color#FF496C
    White
    3.27
    Black
    6.42
  6. 500#EB335C
    White
    4.06
    Black
    5.16
  7. 600#CD0046
    White
    5.69
    Black
    3.68
  8. 700#A50037
    White
    7.90
    Black
    2.65
  9. 800#7B0026
    White
    11.22
    Black
    1.87
  10. 900#530017
    White
    15.21
    Black
    1.38
  11. 950#32000A
    White
    18.42
    Black
    1.14

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

Gamut

How vivid #FF496C can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.217; #FF496C uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.276 there: 27% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.217
sRGB edge
0.217
Display P3 edge
0.276
Rec. 2020 edge
0.356
Dominant wavelength
672 nm
Excitation purity
48%
Chromaticity
x 0.5124, y 0.2999
  • This color#FF496C
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FF496C
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.675 0.276 14.4)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #ff496c;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.1972 0.3886); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FF496C

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%#FFA4B6
  • OKLab50%#FFACB4
  • OKLCH50%#FFB2B7

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#802536
  • OKLab50%#631725
  • OKLCH50%#631725

Its complement #00ACAC

  • sRGB50%#807B8C
  • OKLab50%#B48A8D
  • OKLCH50%#8D84F7
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ff496c, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ff496c 50%, white);

In use

#FF496C 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, 4.5:16.42:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.27:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:13.27:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.27:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #E22755 4.51:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:16.42:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.72:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:15.72:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.72:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FF496C looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 42.6; tritanopia changes it least, 5.2.

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

    #79766C ΔE2000 32.5

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #A89C67 ΔE2000 42.6

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FF1157 ΔE2000 5.2

    Noticeable

    Reads as vivid red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #8E8E8E ΔE2000 27.8

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00ACAC. Their lightness contrast is only 1.16:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FF496C · #00ACAC63.0Stays distinct
Protanopia#79766C · #A0A3AC18.7Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#A89C67 · #8C94AD31.1Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FF1157 · #00B2AC68.0Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#8E8E8E · #9A9A9A4.0Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FF496C

Its complement is #00ACAC, 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#FF496C
  • Complement#00ACAC

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#EC50B6
  • Base#FF496C
  • +30°#F36400

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FF496C
  • +120°#5EAF00
  • +240°#3D97FF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FF496C
  • +150°#00B17F
  • +210°#00A6D1

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-crayola-radical-red: #ff496c;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-radical-red': '#ff496c',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-radical-red: oklch(0.675 0.217 14.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-radical-red": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.2863, 0.4235],
        "hex": "#ff496c"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Radical Red"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaRadicalRed = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.286, blue: 0.424, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaRadicalRed = Color(0xFFFF496C)
}

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 #FF496C in the tools

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