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Lavender

#E6E6FA

Lavender (#E6E6FA) is a very light, moderately saturated white colour, cool. In RGB it is 230 red, 230 green and 250 blue; in HSL its hue is 240°, its saturation 67% and its lightness 94%. For print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 2% black, though printed colours vary with paper and ink.

White and off-whites feel clean, simple and open. They are the backbone of most websites, and warm whites feel softer than pure white.

Text on lavender

White text on lavender has a contrast ratio of 1.23:1 and fails; black text has 17.06:1 and passes AAA. Black text is the better choice on it. Check other pairs in the contrast checker.

White text · 1.23:1

Black text · 17.06:1

Tints and shades of lavender

Colour palettes with lavender

Brands with a lavender logo

Brand colours close to #E6E6FA, from our Brand Colour Index.

Colours similar to lavender

Use lavender in CSS

.button {
  background-color: #E6E6FA;
  color: #000000;
}

Make a full Tailwind scale from it with the Tailwind shades generator, or see more shades of white.