Lavender Color
Lavender is a blue color with hex code #E6E6FA. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with lavender, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Lavender Color Values
What Does Lavender Mean?
Lavender belongs to the blue family of colors. Blue wins popularity surveys in every culture that runs them, and corporate design reflects it. Trust and stability are the usual words people reach for. Dark navies project authority, pale blues open a layout up, and almost nothing clashes with it. As a lighter shade, Lavender reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Lavender is classified as a white (nearest centroid: bluish white, #E9E9ED). It is also known as Cyber Lavender.
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Lavender
Lavender and #FAFAE5 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #E5F0FA and #F0E5FA, which sit beside lavender on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair lavender with triadic partners #FAE5E5 and #E5FAE5. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Titan White —
#F0EEFF(Delta E 3) - Blue Chalk —
#F1E9FF(Delta E 3) - Selago —
#F0EEFD(Delta E 4) - Link Water —
#D9E4F5(Delta E 4) - Snuff —
#E2D8ED(Delta E 5)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #E6E6FA; }
.background { background-color: #E6E6FA; }
.border { border: 2px solid #E6E6FA; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #E6E6FA40; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for lavender?
Lavender has the hex code #E6E6FA. In RGB notation it is rgb(230, 230, 250), in HSL it is hsl(240, 67%, 94%), and its OKLCH value is 0.931, 0.027, 285.9.
What does the color lavender mean?
Blue-family colors like lavender carry distinct psychological associations. Lavender belongs to the blue family of colors. Blue wins popularity surveys in every culture that runs them, and corporate design reflects it. Trust and stability are the usual words people reach for. Dark navies project authority, pale blues open a layout up, and almost nothing clashes with it. As a lighter shade, Lavender reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
What colors go with lavender?
Lavender has three easy routes: its complement #FAFAE5 for punch, its neighbors #E5F0FA and #F0E5FA for something calmer, or triadic partners #FAE5E5 and #E5FAE5 when you want energy.
Is lavender a standard web color?
Yes — Lavender is part of the CSS named colors specification, so you can use it directly in CSS as #E6E6FA or with the keyword form where supported.
How do I make lavender lighter or darker?
To lighten lavender, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #FBFBFE (lightest tint) to #0D0D44 (darkest shade).
About Lavender
Lavender is classified as a White in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Blue hue family. It has alternative names including Cyber Lavender. The color is recognized by CSS3, X11, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #E6E6FA to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.