Lavender is the CSS named color #E6E6FA — rgb(230, 230, 250), hsl(240, 67%, 94%). Its relative luminance is 0.803, giving 1.23:1 against white and 17.06:1 against black, so it works as a text color on black.
| HEX | #E6E6FA |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 230, 250) |
| HSL | hsl(240, 67%, 94%) |
| Relative luminance | 0.8032 |
| Contrast on white | 1.23:1 AA fail |
| Contrast on black | 17.06:1 AA pass |
Built by mixing lavender toward white (four steps) and toward black (four steps) while keeping the hue. Use the shades generator for a different step count or to add harmony sets.
Closest by CIELAB distance (ΔE76). For perceptual matching in a design system, compare in OKLab before locking a token.
lavender is #E6E6FA, which is rgb(230, 230, 250) and hsl(240, 67%, 94%). It is one of the 148 CSS named colors defined by the CSS Color Module Level 4.
Lavender has a relative luminance of 0.803 on a 0–1 scale, so it is a light color. Against white it scores 1.23:1; against black, 17.06:1.
lavender reaches 17.06:1 against black, which clears WCAG 2.2 AA for normal text (4.5:1) at any size.