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Lavender Palette

Lavender Palette: #E6E6FA, #FAFAE5, #E5F0FA, #F0E5FA. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Lavender Palette assigns primary #E6E6FA, secondary #FAFAE5, surface #E5F0FA, background #F0E5FA, accent #000000. The set spans Purple, Yellow, Blue, and Gray families with cool, warm, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #FAFAE5 at 0.9435; black gives higher contrast on 4 of 5 values.

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5colors
Purple palettedominant group
6use cases

Palette Color Roles

Lavender Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#E6E6FALavender
Secondary#FAFAE5#FAFAE5
Surface#E5F0FA#E5F0FA
Background#F0E5FA#F0E5FA
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-lavender-primary: #E6E6FA;
--palette-lavender-secondary: #FAFAE5;
--palette-lavender-surface: #E5F0FA;
--palette-lavender-background: #F0E5FA;
--palette-lavender-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Lavender Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#E6E6FA
Black 17.06:1 · White 1.23:1
Best #000000
Secondary#FAFAE5
Black 19.87:1 · White 1.06:1
Best #000000
Surface#E5F0FA
Black 18.18:1 · White 1.16:1
Best #000000
Background#F0E5FA
Black 17.29:1 · White 1.21:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Lavender Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Lavender Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Lavender Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.8032
Black text17.06:1AA Pass
White text1.23:1AA Fail
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#E6E6FA",
    "name": "Lavender"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#FAFAE5",
    "name": "#FAFAE5"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#E5F0FA",
    "name": "#E5F0FA"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#F0E5FA",
    "name": "#F0E5FA"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#E6E6FA",
    "name": "Lavender",
    "blackContrast": 17.06,
    "whiteContrast": 1.23,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#FAFAE5",
    "name": "#FAFAE5",
    "blackContrast": 19.87,
    "whiteContrast": 1.06,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#E5F0FA",
    "name": "#E5F0FA",
    "blackContrast": 18.18,
    "whiteContrast": 1.16,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#F0E5FA",
    "name": "#F0E5FA",
    "blackContrast": 17.29,
    "whiteContrast": 1.21,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "lavender palette",
  "generated palette",
  "purple palette",
  "yellow palette",
  "blue palette",
  "gray palette",
  "pastel palette",
  "light palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "cool palette",
  "warm palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "soft backgrounds",
  "calm digital interfaces"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-lavender-primary: #E6E6FA;\n--palette-lavender-secondary: #FAFAE5;\n--palette-lavender-surface: #E5F0FA;\n--palette-lavender-background: #F0E5FA;\n--palette-lavender-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "lavender",
  "name": "Lavender Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "lavender",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Lavender, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Lavender Palette combines primary #E6E6FA, secondary #FAFAE5, surface #E5F0FA, background #F0E5FA, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a purple palette, yellow palette, blue palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "lavender palette",
    "generated palette",
    "purple palette",
    "yellow palette",
    "blue palette",
    "gray palette",
    "pastel palette",
    "light palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "cool palette",
    "warm palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "soft backgrounds",
    "calm digital interfaces"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#E6E6FA",
      "slug": "lavender",
      "name": "Lavender",
      "rgb": [
        230,
        230,
        250
      ],
      "hsl": [
        240,
        67,
        94
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        8,
        8,
        0,
        2
      ],
      "family": "purple",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "pastel",
        "light"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.8032,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 17.06,
        "white": 1.23
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/lavender/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#FAFAE5",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#FAFAE5",
      "rgb": [
        250,
        250,
        229
      ],
      "hsl": [
        60,
        68,
        94
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        8,
        2
      ],
      "family": "yellow",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "light"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.9435,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 19.87,
        "white": 1.06
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#E5F0FA",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#E5F0FA",
      "rgb": [
        229,
        240,
        250
      ],
      "hsl": [
        209,
        68,
        94
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        8,
        4,
        0,
        2
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "light"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.8588,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 18.18,
        "white": 1.16
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#F0E5FA",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#F0E5FA",
      "rgb": [
        240,
        229,
        250
      ],
      "hsl": [
        271,
        68,
        94
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        4,
        8,
        0,
        2
      ],
      "family": "purple",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "light"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.8147,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 17.29,
        "white": 1.21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 0,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1,
        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#E6E6FA",
      "name": "Lavender"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#FAFAE5",
      "name": "#FAFAE5"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#E5F0FA",
      "name": "#E5F0FA"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#F0E5FA",
      "name": "#F0E5FA"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#E6E6FA",
      "name": "Lavender",
      "blackContrast": 17.06,
      "whiteContrast": 1.23,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#FAFAE5",
      "name": "#FAFAE5",
      "blackContrast": 19.87,
      "whiteContrast": 1.06,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#E5F0FA",
      "name": "#E5F0FA",
      "blackContrast": 18.18,
      "whiteContrast": 1.16,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#F0E5FA",
      "name": "#F0E5FA",
      "blackContrast": 17.29,
      "whiteContrast": 1.21,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-lavender-primary: #E6E6FA;\n--palette-lavender-secondary: #FAFAE5;\n--palette-lavender-surface: #E5F0FA;\n--palette-lavender-background: #F0E5FA;\n--palette-lavender-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/lavender.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lavender.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/lavender/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/lavender.json"
}
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