Lavender color

#E6E6FA

Lavender is a light purple. It applies particularly to the color of the flower of the same name. The web color called lavender is displayed at right—it matches the color of the very palest part of the lavender flower.

  • HEX#E6E6FA
  • RGBrgb(230, 230, 250)
  • HSLhsl(240, 67%, 94%)
  • CMYK8, 8, 0, 2

About Lavender

Lavender is a very light blue color with the hex code #E6E6FA. In RGB it is red 230, green 230, blue 250; in HSL it is hue 240°, saturation 67%, lightness 94%; in CMYK it is 8%, 8%, 0%, 2%. Its contrast ratio is 1.23:1 on white and 17.06:1 on black.

#E6E6FA Color Conversion

Hex tripletE6, E6, FA
CMYK8.00%, 8.00%, 0.00%, 1.96%
RGB Decimal230, 230, 250
HSL240°, 67%, 94%
RGB Octal346, 346, 372
HSV (HSB)240.00°, 8.00%, 98.04%
RGB Binary11100110, 11100110, 11111010
CIE-L*AB91.83, 3.71, -9.67
RGB Percent90.20%, 90.20%, 98.04%
CIE-L*CH91.83, 10.36, 291.01
XYZ78.19, 80.32, 101.82
CIE-L*UV91.83, -1.13, -15.80
xyY0.30, 0.31, 80.32
Hunter-Lab89.62, -1.11, -4.63
RYB90.20%, 90.20%, 98.04%

Color Accessibility Scores

#E6E6FA on a dark background: contrast 17.06:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#E6E6FA on a light background: contrast 1.23:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Lavender, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Lavender. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#E6E6FA · #EAEAFB · #9999EB · #FAFAE5 · #FBFBEA

Analogous palette

#E5FAFA · #E5F0FA · #E6E6FA · #F0E5FA · #FAE5FA

Triadic palette

#E6E6FA · #FAE5E5 · #E5FAE5 · #EAEAFB · #FBEAEA

Tetradic palette

#E6E6FA · #FAE5F0 · #FAFAE5 · #E5FAF0 · #9999EB

Monochromatic palette

#6666E1 · #A6A6ED · #E6E6FA · #EAEAFB · #EAEAFB

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