Lavender color: hex codes, shades and palettes

Palettes built around lavender. Click any swatch to copy its hex code.

Lavender is #E6E6FA — pale blue. Below are its shades with hex codes, the values in every common format, and lavender color palettes to copy.

Lavender hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH

#E6E6FA
HEX
#E6E6FA
RGB
rgb(230, 230, 250)
HSL
hsl(240, 67%, 94%)
OKLCH
oklch(93.1% 0.027 285.9)
On white
1.23:1
On black
17.06:1

Shades of lavender

Eleven steps from one base color, generated in OKLCH so each step is an equal perceived step rather than an equal numeric one. Click a swatch to copy it.

Contrast and readability

Lavender on white measures 1.23:1 and on black 17.06:1. WCAG AA asks for 4.5:1 on normal text and 3:1 on large text and UI components, so the higher of those two decides which background it belongs on. In the scale above, 500 is the first to clear 4.5:1 on white, at 5.31:1.

The contrast checker reports every level for a given pair and suggests the nearest passing shade on the same hue. The color picker builds this same scale from any color you paste in.

Related colors:purple, violet, lilac, plum, indigo, eggplant. See every shade on the colors index.