What color is #E6E6FA?

#E6E6FA is a very light, moderate blue known as Lavender. It belongs to the blue family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Lavender?

The RGB value is 230, 230, 250: 230 red, 230 green and 250 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Lavender?

The complementary color is #FAFAE6, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #E6E6FA?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 17.06:1 and white text 1.23:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Lavender color: hex code #E6E6FA

#E6E6FA rgb(230, 230, 250)

Shades of blue

Lavender has the hex code #E6E6FA. It is a very light, moderate blue.

In the RGB color model it is made of 90.2% red, 90.2% green and 98% blue (230, 230, 250).

Its hue angle is 240°, with 67% saturation and 94% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 8% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 2% black.

You can use it in CSS with the keyword lavender.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 17.06:1).

Lavender (#E6E6FA) color codes

HEX	`#E6E6FA`
RGB	`rgb(230, 230, 250)`
RGB percent	`rgb(90.2%, 90.2%, 98%)`
HSL	`hsl(240, 67%, 94%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(240, 8%, 98%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(8%, 8%, 0%, 2%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(91.83, 3.71, -9.66)`
CIE LCH	`lch(91.83, 10.35, 291)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(78.182, 80.318, 101.808)`
Decimal	`15132410`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Lavender, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #E6E6FA	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	17.06:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.23:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#E6E6FA as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.23:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	17.06:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #E6E6FA looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #e6e6fa; }
.text { color: #e6e6fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e6e6fa; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(230 230 250 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #e6e6fa, #f0e6fa); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #E6E6FA on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #E6E6FA?: #E6E6FA is a very light, moderate blue known as Lavender. It belongs to the blue family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Lavender?: The RGB value is 230, 230, 250: 230 red, 230 green and 250 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Lavender?: The complementary color is #FAFAE6, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #E6E6FA?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 17.06:1 and white text 1.23:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.