CSS named colour

Lavender

#e6e6fa

A CSS named colour: lavender is valid anywhere a colour is expected.

RGB: rgb(230 230 250)
HSL: 240°, 67%, 94%
OKLCh: 93.1% 0.027 285.9

Lavender in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#e6e6fa`
RGB	`rgb(230 230 250)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(230, 230, 250)`
RGB percent	`rgb(90.2% 90.2% 98.04%)`
HSL	`hsl(240 66.7% 94.1%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(240, 66.7%, 94.1%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(240, 8%, 98%)`
HWB	`hwb(240 90.2% 2%)`
Nearest name	`lavender`
CMYK	`cmyk(8%, 8%, 0%, 2%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(93.09% 0.02694 285.865)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(93.09% 0.00736 -0.02592)`
CIE LCh	`lch(91.742% 10.113 285.929)`
CIE Lab	`lab(91.742% 2.775 -9.724)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.902 0.902 0.9737)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.8941 0.8911 0.9692)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.7913 0.7913 0.956)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.7818 0.8032 1.0183)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.902, 0.902, 0.98)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.791, 0.791, 0.956)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.902, 0.902, 0.98, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.791, 0.791, 0.956, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(230, 230, 250)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.902, 0.902, 0.98)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.791, 0.791, 0.956)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.902, 0.902, 0.98, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.902, 0.902, 0.98, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.902, 0.902, 0.98)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.902, 0.902, 0.98, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.791, 0.791, 0.956)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.902f, 0.902f, 0.98f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(230, 230, 250, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.7913f, 0.7913f, 0.956f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(230, 230, 250, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.902, 0.902, 0.98, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFFE6E6FA)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(230, 230, 250)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.902, green: 0.902, blue: 0.98)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.902, green: 0.902, blue: 0.98, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0xE6E6FA`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFFE6E6FA`
Array 0–1	`[0.902, 0.902, 0.98]`
Array 0–255	`[230, 230, 250]`
Decimal integer	`15132410`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Lavender on white	1.23:1	Fail	Lc 11	Not usable for text
Lavender on black	17.06:1	AAA	Lc 93	Body text at any size

Lavender text on a white background

Lavender text on a black background

White text on Lavender

Black text on Lavender

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#f6f6ff
100#ececfb
200#dbdbeb
300#c4c4d5
400#a7a7b9
500#89899b
600#707081
700#595968
800#464654
900#373643
950#1e1e28

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#eaeafb
Tint 2#eeeefc
Tint 3#f2f2fd
Tint 4#f7f7fd
Tint 5#fbfbfe
Shade 1#b4b4c4
Shade 2#858591
Shade 3#595961
Shade 4#303035
Shade 5#0c0c0e

Colours that work with Lavender

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

#eaead5
#f9e3d9
#d8eee4
#dde9fb
#efe3f5

Closest CSS names

lavenderexact match
mistyroseΔEok 0.044
gainsboroΔEok 0.045
lavenderblushΔEok 0.046
whitesmokeΔEok 0.048
aliceblueΔEok 0.048