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#EEE6FA

#eee6fa ≈ Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#eee6fa is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 90.2% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.8% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 264°, with 66.67% saturation and 94.12% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Lavender (#e6e6fa), ΔE 3.4.

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Relative luminance0.8167

Complementary

  1. #eee6fa
  2. #f2fae6

Split complementary

  1. #eee6fa
  2. #faf8e6
  3. #e8fae6

Analogous

  1. #e6e8fa
  2. #eee6fa
  3. #f8e6fa

Triadic

  1. #eee6fa
  2. #faeee6
  3. #e6faee

Tetradic

  1. #eee6fa
  2. #fae6f2
  3. #f2fae6
  4. #e6faee

Square

  1. #eee6fa
  2. #fae6e8
  3. #f2fae6
  4. #e6faf8

Monochromatic

  1. #9767e1
  2. #c3a6ed
  3. #eee6fa
  4. #f3eefc
  5. #f3eefc

Shades

#eee6fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eee6fa
  2. #d6cfe1
  3. #beb8c8
  4. #a7a1af
  5. #8f8a96
  6. #77737d
  7. #5f5c64
  8. #47454b
  9. #302e32
  10. #181719
  11. #000000

Tints

#eee6fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eee6fa
  2. #f0e9fb
  3. #f1ebfb
  4. #f3eefc
  5. #f5f0fc
  6. #f7f3fd
  7. #f8f5fd
  8. #faf8fe
  9. #fcfafe
  10. #fdfdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eee6fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eee6fa
  2. #e3dcee
  3. #d8d2e2
  4. #cdc7d5
  5. #c2bdc9
  6. #b7b3bd
  7. #aca9b1
  8. #a19fa5
  9. #969498
  10. #8b8a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ebe8f0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3e9fb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e4e9f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ece8ec ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7e8fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e8e8fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ede7f2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eee6fa {
  color: #eee6fa;
}
Background
.bg-eee6fa {
  background-color: #eee6fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eee6fa {
  border: 2px solid #eee6fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eee6fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 230 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 67% 94%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eee6fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eee6fa, #f8e6fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eee6fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 230 250 / 0.35);
}

#e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 3.40 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 4.88 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.40 #fff0f5 Lavender Blush ΔE 6.74 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 7.55 #fffafa Snow ΔE 9.65 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.18 #111905 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Lavender
#eee6fa  rgb(238, 230, 250)  hsl(264, 67%, 94%)  Lavender
#f2fae6  rgb(242, 250, 230)  hsl(84, 67%, 94%)  Honeydew
#faeee6  rgb(250, 238, 230)  hsl(24, 67%, 94%)  Linen
#e6faee  rgb(230, 250, 238)  hsl(144, 67%, 94%)  Honeydew