PURPLE

Lavender

#E6E6FA

Conversions

HEX#E6E6FA

RGBrgb(230, 230, 250)

HSLhsl(240, 67%, 94%)

HSVhsv(240, 8%, 98%)

CMYKcmyk(8%, 8%, 0%, 2%)

Copy CSS

color: #e6e6fa;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(230, 230, 250);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(240, 67%, 94%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 1.23 : 1

On ink blackPass · 15.55 : 1

Shades

Tints

Pairings

About Lavender

Lavender is the hex color #E6E6FA, which translates to rgb(230, 230, 250) in RGB and hsl(240, 67%, 94%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 240 degrees, with a saturation of 67 percent and a lightness of 94 percent. That puts Lavender at the pale end of the purple range, light enough to work as a page or card background with dark text on top.

How Lavender compares

Lavender is exactly the CSS keyword lavender, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is violet-100 (#EDE9FE), at a distance of 2.0. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Cloud at 7.8. Sorted by lightness, Lavender is number 31 of the 31 purple colors here.

Text on Lavender

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Lavender, led by Ink black at 15.55:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Lavender already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Lavender. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	1.23:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	15.55:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Mid grey #6B7280	3.93:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Dark grey #374151	8.38:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Light grey #E5E7EB	1.01:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

Building a palette around Lavender

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Lavender for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Lavender

Format	Value
HEX	#E6E6FA
RGB	rgb(230, 230, 250)
HSL	hsl(240, 67%, 94%)
HSV	hsv(240, 8%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 8%, 0%, 2%)
OKLCH	oklch(93.09% 0.0269 285.86)
CIELAB	lab(91.83 3.71 -9.66)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.