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#e6e6fa Lavender

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
  • lavender
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#e6e6fa (Lavender) is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 90.2% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 66.67% saturation and 94.12% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.06:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Relative luminance0.8032

Complementary

  1. #e6e6fa
  2. #fafae6

Split complementary

  1. #e6e6fa
  2. #faf0e6
  3. #f0fae6

Analogous

  1. #e6f0fa
  2. #e6e6fa
  3. #f0e6fa

Triadic

  1. #e6e6fa
  2. #fae6e6
  3. #e6fae6

Tetradic

  1. #e6e6fa
  2. #fae6fa
  3. #fafae6
  4. #e6fae6

Square

  1. #e6e6fa
  2. #fae6f0
  3. #fafae6
  4. #e6faf0

Monochromatic

  1. #6767e1
  2. #a6a6ed
  3. #e6e6fa
  4. #eeeefc
  5. #eeeefc

Shades

#e6e6fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6e6fa
  2. #cfcfe1
  3. #b8b8c8
  4. #a1a1af
  5. #8a8a96
  6. #73737d
  7. #5c5c64
  8. #45454b
  9. #2e2e32
  10. #171719
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6e6fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6e6fa
  2. #e9e9fb
  3. #ebebfb
  4. #eeeefc
  5. #f0f0fc
  6. #f3f3fd
  7. #f5f5fd
  8. #f8f8fe
  9. #fafafe
  10. #fdfdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6e6fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6e6fa
  2. #dcdcee
  3. #d2d2e2
  4. #c7c7d5
  5. #bdbdc9
  6. #b3b3bd
  7. #a9a9b1
  8. #9f9fa5
  9. #949498
  10. #8a8a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e7e7ef ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e2e8fb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1e7f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e2e9ec ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e3e7fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3e7fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4e8f2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6e6fa {
  color: #e6e6fa;
}
Background
.bg-e6e6fa {
  background-color: #e6e6fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6e6fa {
  border: 2px solid #e6e6fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6e6fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 230 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 67% 94%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6e6fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6e6fa, #f0e6fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6e6fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 230 250 / 0.35);
}

#f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 4.81 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 6.52 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 7.68 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 8.40 #fff0f5 Lavender Blush ΔE 8.46 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 9.27 #191905 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Lavender
#e6e6fa  rgb(230, 230, 250)  hsl(240, 67%, 94%)  Lavender
#fafae6  rgb(250, 250, 230)  hsl(60, 67%, 94%)  Beige
#fae6e6  rgb(250, 230, 230)  hsl(0, 67%, 94%)  Misty Rose
#e6fae6  rgb(230, 250, 230)  hsl(120, 67%, 94%)  Honeydew