HEX atlas value

#E6E6FA

#E6E6FA is a cool blue HEX color nearest Lavender. RGB 230, 230, 250, HSL 240° 67% 94%, luminance 0.8032; view contrast and conversions.

blue cool light

#E6E6FA Sample readable text

HEX #E6E6FA

RGB rgb(230, 230, 250)

HSL hsl(240 67% 94%)

CMYK cmyk(8, 8, 0, 2)

Luminance 0.8032

Contrast Black 17.06:1White 1.23:1

CSS

--color-e6e6fa: #E6E6FA;
.background-e6e6fa { background-color: #E6E6FA; }
.text-e6e6fa { color: #E6E6FA; }

HEX meaning and use

About #E6E6FA

#E6E6FA is classified as a cool blue value with light visual character. #E6E6FA is visually closest to Lavender, a named purple color with HEX #E6E6FA.

The RGB channels are 230, 230, and 250, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 240deg with 67% saturation and 94% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and light surfaces. Its luminance is 0.8032, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text17.06:1AA Pass

White text1.23:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E6E6FA needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000017.06:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.23:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #FAFAE5#FAFAE5 · #000000 text · best 19.87:1 Alice Blue#F0F8FF · #000000 text · best 19.58:1 Porcelain#F2F3F4 · #000000 text · best 18.9:1 #E5F0FA#E5F0FA · #000000 text · best 18.18:1

Generated Palette

Lavender#E6E6FA

#FAFAE5#FAFAE5

#E5F0FA#E5F0FA

#F0E5FA#F0E5FA

White#FFFFFF

#9999EB#9999EB

Color Harmonies

#FAFAE5#FAFAE5

#E5F0FA#E5F0FA

#F0E5FA#F0E5FA

#FAE5E5#FAE5E5

#E5FAE5#E5FAE5

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#9999EB#9999EB

#E2E2FD#E2E2FD

#E9E9F7#E9E9F7

White#FFFFFF

Nearest Named Colors

Lavender#E6E6FA

Mercury#EBEBEB

Milk Blue#D6EAF8

Porcelain#F2F3F4

Alice Blue#F0F8FF

Luminance0.8032

Black text17.06:1AA Pass

White text1.23:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#E6E6FA","rgb":[230,230,250],"hsl":[240,67,94],"cmyk":[8,8,0,2],"luminance":0.8032,"contrast":{"black":17.06,"white":1.23}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":17.06,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.23,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FAFAE5","hex":"#FAFAE5","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.87,"contrastWhite":1.06,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Alice Blue","hex":"#F0F8FF","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.58,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Porcelain","hex":"#F2F3F4","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.9,"contrastWhite":1.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E5F0FA","hex":"#E5F0FA","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.18,"contrastWhite":1.16,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool blue","light","light blue","Lavender adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","light surfaces","calm digital interfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/e6e6fa.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lavender.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mercury.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/milk-blue.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#FAFAE5","analogous":["#E5F0FA","#F0E5FA"],"triadic":["#FAE5E5","#E5FAE5"],"tetradic":["#FAE5F0","#FAFAE5","#E5FAF0"],"splitComplementary":["#FAF0E5","#F0FAE5"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#E6E6FA","#9999EB"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#9999EB","saturated":"#E2E2FD","desaturated":"#E9E9F7","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"lavender","name":"Lavender","hex":"#E6E6FA","distance":0},{"slug":"mercury","name":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","distance":16.583123951777},{"slug":"milk-blue","name":"Milk Blue","hex":"#D6EAF8","distance":16.61324772583615},{"slug":"porcelain","name":"Porcelain","hex":"#F2F3F4","distance":18.681541692269406},{"slug":"alice-blue","name":"Alice Blue","hex":"#F0F8FF","distance":21.18962010041709}]

#E6E6FA

CSS

About #E6E6FA

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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