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#E6E6FF

#e6e6ff ≈ Lavender

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#e6e6ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.8% cyan, 9.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 100% saturation and 95.1% 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 17.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Lavender (#e6e6fa), ΔE 1.79.

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Relative luminance0.8064

Complementary

  1. #e6e6ff
  2. #ffffe6

Split complementary

  1. #e6e6ff
  2. #fff3e6
  3. #f3ffe6

Analogous

  1. #e6f3ff
  2. #e6e6ff
  3. #f3e6ff

Triadic

  1. #e6e6ff
  2. #ffe6e6
  3. #e6ffe6

Tetradic

  1. #e6e6ff
  2. #ffe6ff
  3. #ffffe6
  4. #e6ffe6

Square

  1. #e6e6ff
  2. #ffe6f3
  3. #ffffe6
  4. #e6fff3

Monochromatic

  1. #4d4dff
  2. #9a9aff
  3. #e6e6ff
  4. #ebebff
  5. #ebebff

Shades

#e6e6ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6e6ff
  2. #cfcfe6
  3. #b8b8cc
  4. #a1a1b3
  5. #8a8a99
  6. #737380
  7. #5c5c66
  8. #45454d
  9. #2e2e33
  10. #17171a
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6e6ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6e6ff
  2. #e9e9ff
  3. #ebebff
  4. #eeeeff
  5. #f0f0ff
  6. #f3f3ff
  7. #f5f5ff
  8. #f8f8ff
  9. #fafaff
  10. #fdfdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6e6ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6e6ff
  2. #dcdcf2
  3. #d2d2e6
  4. #c7c7d9
  5. #bdbdcc
  6. #b3b3c0
  7. #a9a9b3
  8. #9f9fa6
  9. #949499
  10. #8a8a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e7e7f2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e0e9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0e7fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e1eaee ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e3e8ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2e7ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e3e8f5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6e6ff {
  color: #e6e6ff;
}
Background
.bg-e6e6ff {
  background-color: #e6e6ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6e6ff {
  border: 2px solid #e6e6ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6e6ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 230 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 100% 95%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6e6ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6e6ff, #f3e6ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6e6ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 230 255 / 0.35);
}

#e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 1.79 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 6.13 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 7.84 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 8.01 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.25 #fff0f5 Lavender Blush ΔE 9.59 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 9.84 #191900 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Lavender
#e6e6ff  rgb(230, 230, 255)  hsl(240, 100%, 95%)  Lavender
#ffffe6  rgb(255, 255, 230)  hsl(60, 100%, 95%)  Light Yellow
#ffe6e6  rgb(255, 230, 230)  hsl(0, 100%, 95%)  Misty Rose
#e6ffe6  rgb(230, 255, 230)  hsl(120, 100%, 95%)  Honeydew