Light Lavendar #EFC0FE

About this color

#EFC0FE is a light, moderately saturated purple. In OKLCH its lightness is 87%, its chroma 0.098 and its hue 318°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. It is the named color Light Lavendar. Black text reads best on it, at 13.64:1.

Colors that go with Light Lavendar

Matches found by rotating Light Lavendar around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Light Lavendar

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Light Lavendar, closest first.

• Taffy Swirl
• Lullaby Stillness
• Opal Daydream
• Dandelion and Sorrel
• Carnation Parlour
• Sherbet Daydream
• Static Arcade
• Lavender and Violet

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Light Lavendar, with their ΔE distance.

• Light Lilac #EDC8FF ΔE 0.019
• Light Lavender #DFC5FE ΔE 0.025
• Pale Lilac #E4CBFF ΔE 0.030
• Pale Lavender #EECFFE ΔE 0.037
• Very Light Purple #F6CEFC ΔE 0.038
• Pale Mauve #FED0FC ΔE 0.049
• Light Violet #D6B4FC ΔE 0.050
• Thistle #D8BFD8 ΔE 0.065

More about Light Lavendar

• Shades of purple
• What purple means

How to make Light Lavendar

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 3 parts white
• 1 part purple

Recipe result: #E4BFEE, a difference of ΔE 0.029 from Light Lavendar. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make purple? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Light Lavendar in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Light Lavendar

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 200.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FAF2FD

   oklch(97% 0.017 316.9)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F4E3FA

   oklch(93.6% 0.036 317.3)

3. Step 200

   200 (this color)

   #EFC0FE

   oklch(86.9% 0.098 317.9)

4. Step 300

   300

   #E2A6F5

   oklch(80.8% 0.126 317.9)

5. Step 400

   400

   #D371F0

   oklch(70.8% 0.2 318)

6. Step 500

   500

   #C63EEB

   oklch(63.2% 0.257 317.9)

7. Step 600

   600

   #AF00D6

   oklch(55.6% 0.27 317.7)

8. Step 700

   700

   #9400B5

   oklch(49.1% 0.238 317.8)

9. Step 800

   800

   #7A0096

   oklch(42.7% 0.207 317.7)

10. Step 900

    900

    #641179

    oklch(37.8% 0.167 318.1)

11. Step 950

    950

    #3B0E47

    oklch(27.1% 0.106 318.2)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Light Lavendar with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.