Crayola crayon color

Crayola Carnation Pink #FFAACC

Crayola Carnation Pink is shown here as #FFAACC, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale soft pink in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.830, chroma 0.108 and hue 354.1°. The nearest CSS named color is lightpink (#FFB6C1), ΔE2000 6.8 away.

Relative luminance
0.5437
OKLCH L · C · h
0.830 · 0.108 · 354.1
Best text
Black 11.87:1
Hue family
Pink
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#FFAACC color codes

HEX
#FFAACC
RGB
rgb(255, 170, 204)
HSL
hsl(336, 100%, 83%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.830 0.108 354.1)
OKLab
oklab(0.830 0.107 -0.011)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 78.68, a* 35.81, b* -4.39
XYZ (D65)
X 66.51, Y 54.37, Z 64.11
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 33%, 20%, 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 #FFAACC accessible?

Black text on it reaches 11.87:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.76:1.

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

    11.87:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +71

  • White text on it

    1.76:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −36

  • As text on black

    11.87:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −70

  • As text on white

    1.76:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +32

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #AB5E7F 4.52:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.83 to 0.58 reaches 4.52:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FFAACC 11.87:1

    It already reaches 11.87:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FFAACC 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 #FFAACC

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFAACC sits at step 300.

  1. 50#FFF1F6
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.16
  2. 100#FFE2ED
    White
    1.21
    Black
    17.35
  3. 200#FFC4DB
    White
    1.48
    Black
    14.17
  4. 300This color#FFAACC
    White
    1.76
    Black
    11.87
  5. 400#D585A6
    White
    2.71
    Black
    7.73
  6. 500#B8698A
    White
    3.87
    Black
    5.42
  7. 600#9E5273
    White
    5.37
    Black
    3.90
  8. 700#833C5C
    White
    7.59
    Black
    2.76
  9. 800#662543
    White
    10.99
    Black
    1.91
  10. 900#480F2C
    White
    15.21
    Black
    1.38
  11. 950#2F0018
    White
    18.51
    Black
    1.13

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

Gamut

How vivid #FFAACC can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.108; #FFAACC uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.142 there: 31% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.108
sRGB edge
0.108
Display P3 edge
0.142
Rec. 2020 edge
0.208
Dominant wavelength
Complementary 501 nm
Excitation purity
22%
Chromaticity
x 0.3596, y 0.2939
  • This color#FFAACC
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FFAACC
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.830 0.142 354.1)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #ffaacc;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.6446 0.7997); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FFAACC

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%#FFD5E6
  • OKLab50%#FFD5E5
  • OKLCH50%#FFD6E5

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#805566
  • OKLab50%#633F4E
  • OKLCH50%#633F4E

Its complement #74DEC2

  • sRGB50%#BAC4C7
  • OKLab50%#C7C7C7
  • OKLCH50%#ACC7FF
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ffaacc, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ffaacc 50%, white);

In use

#FFAACC 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, 4.5:111.87:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.76:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.76:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.76:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #AB5E7F 4.52:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:111.87:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:110.59:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:110.59:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:110.59:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FFAACC looks with color blindness

Protanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 23.6; tritanopia changes it least, 6.1.

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

    #B3BACD ΔE2000 23.6

    Distinct

    Reads as light grayish blue

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #C8C8CA ΔE2000 22.8

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FFA7B6 ΔE2000 6.1

    Noticeable

    Reads as light soft pink

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #C3C3C3 ΔE2000 23.2

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #74DEC2. Their lightness contrast is only 1.09:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FFAACC · #74DEC249.4Stays distinct
Protanopia#B3BACD · #D8D2C118.0Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#C8C8CA · #C7C6C42.2Easily confused
Tritanopia#FFA7B6 · #49E0D654.8Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#C3C3C3 · #CBCBCB2.0Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FFAACC

Its complement is #74DEC2, a pale 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#FFAACC
  • Complement#74DEC2

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#EAAFEF
  • Base#FFAACC
  • +30°#FFB0AA

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FFAACC
  • +120°#C6D07C
  • +240°#82D3FF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FFAACC
  • +150°#9CDA9B
  • +210°#65DCE7

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-carnation-pink: #ffaacc;
}

Tailwind config

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

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-carnation-pink: oklch(0.830 0.108 354.1);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-carnation-pink": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.6667, 0.8],
        "hex": "#ffaacc"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Carnation Pink"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaCarnationPink = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.667, blue: 0.800, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaCarnationPink = Color(0xFFFFAACC)
}

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 #FFAACC in the tools

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