CSS named color

Lavender #E6E6FA

The CSS keyword lavender is #E6E6FA. It is a pale grayish violet in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.931, chroma 0.027 and hue 285.9°.

Relative luminance
0.8032
OKLCH L · C · h
0.931 · 0.027 · 285.9
Best text
Black 17.06:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#E6E6FA color codes

HEX
#E6E6FA
RGB
rgb(230, 230, 250)
HSL
hsl(240, 67%, 94%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.931 0.027 285.9)
OKLab
oklab(0.931 0.007 -0.026)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 91.83, a* 3.71, b* -9.66
XYZ (D65)
X 78.18, Y 80.32, Z 101.81
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(8%, 8%, 0%, 2%)

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.

Legibility

Contrast: is #E6E6FA accessible?

Black text on it reaches 17.06:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.23:1.

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

    17.06:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +92

  • White text on it

    1.23:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −13

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.23:1

  • As text on black

    17.06:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −92

  • As text on white

    1.23:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +11

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.23:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #747486 4.58:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.93 to 0.57 reaches 4.58:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #E6E6FA 17.06:1

    It already reaches 17.06:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #E6E6FA 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 #E6E6FA

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #E6E6FA sits at step 100.

  1. 50#F4F4FF
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.23
  2. 100This color#E6E6FA
    White
    1.23
    Black
    17.06
  3. 200#D6D6E7
    White
    1.43
    Black
    14.63
  4. 300#BCBCCE
    White
    1.87
    Black
    11.22
  5. 400#A09FB2
    White
    2.59
    Black
    8.09
  6. 500#848496
    White
    3.67
    Black
    5.72
  7. 600#6D6D7E
    White
    5.07
    Black
    4.13
  8. 700#565666
    White
    7.19
    Black
    2.91
  9. 800#3E3E4D
    White
    10.49
    Black
    2.00
  10. 900#282734
    White
    14.68
    Black
    1.43
  11. 950#15151F
    White
    18.12
    Black
    1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #E6E6FA can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.035; #E6E6FA uses 78% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.038 there: 11% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.027
sRGB edge
0.035
Display P3 edge
0.038
Rec. 2020 edge
0.039
Dominant wavelength
464 nm
Excitation purity
7%
Chromaticity
x 0.3003, y 0.3086
  • This color#E6E6FA
  • Most vivid in sRGB#E5E5FF
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.931 0.038 285.9)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #e6e6fa;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8989 0.8984 1); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #E6E6FA

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%#F3F3FD
  • OKLab50%#F2F2FD
  • OKLCH50%#F2F2FD

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#73737D
  • OKLab50%#595961
  • OKLCH50%#595961

Its complement #EAEAD5

  • sRGB50%#E8E8E8
  • OKLab50%#E8E8E8
  • OKLCH50%#D4EEEE
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #e6e6fa, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #e6e6fa 50%, white);

In use

#E6E6FA 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, 4.5:117.06:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.23:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.23:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.23:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #747486 4.58:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:117.06:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:115.22:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:115.22:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:115.22:1 Passes

Color vision

How #E6E6FA looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 9.1; protanopia changes it least, 2.9.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #E2E8FB ΔE2000 2.9

    Close match

    Reads as pale grayish blue

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #E1E7F9 ΔE2000 3.1

    Close match

    Reads as pale grayish blue

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #E2E9EC ΔE2000 9.1

    Noticeable

    Reads as off-white

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #E8E8E8 ΔE2000 8.9

    Noticeable

    Reads as off-white

Pairing check

A near-neutral has no complementary hue to pair with, so tell it apart from neighboring grays by lightness contrast alone.

Harmony

Color harmonies for #E6E6FA

Its complement is #EAEAD5, a pale grayish yellow.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#E6E6FA
  • Complement#EAEAD5

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#DDE9FB
  • Base#E6E6FA
  • +30°#EFE3F5

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#E6E6FA
  • +120°#F9E3D9
  • +240°#D8EEE4

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#E6E6FA
  • +150°#F3E6D5
  • +210°#E0EDDB

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-lavender: #e6e6fa;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        lavender: '#e6e6fa',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-lavender: oklch(0.931 0.027 285.9);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "lavender": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.902, 0.902, 0.9804],
        "hex": "#e6e6fa"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color lavender"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let lavender = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.902, green: 0.902, blue: 0.980, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Lavender = Color(0xFFE6E6FA)
}

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 #E6E6FA in the tools

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