purplecoolCC0 survey name

Light Lavendar #EFC0FE

Light Lavendar is a light, vivid cool color (#EFC0FE; HSL 285° 97% 87%). Name from the public-domain xkcd color survey (CC0), where it was contributed as “light lavendar”.

Use cases: Creative accents · Royal themes

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Families: Purples · Lilac Colors

Color values

FormatValue
HEX#EFC0FE
RGBrgb(239, 192, 254)
HSLhsl(285, 97%, 87%)
HSVhsv(285, 24%, 100%)
OKLCHoklch(86.89% 0.098 317.9)
OKLaboklab(86.89% 0.0724 -0.0654)
CMYKcmyk(5.9%, 24.4%, 0%, 0.4%)
XYZxyz(72.333, 63.207, 102.1364)
CIE-LABlab(83.6, 27.4, -24.1)
CIE-LCHlch(83.6, 36.5, 318.6°)
Luminance0.632 (WCAG relative)
/* Light Lavendar */ --light-lavendar: #efc0fe; color: #efc0fe; background-color: #efc0fe;

Source: xkcd color survey name (public domain, CC0). CSS keyword: lightlavendar.

Shade scale

Perceptual 50–950 scale, interpolated in CIE-LAB. Step 500 is the base color. Edit in the shade generator →

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Shades (toward black)

#d4abe1 #ba96c6 #a182aa #886f90 #705c77 #59495e #433846 #2e2730 #1a171b #000000

Tints (toward white)

#f1c6fe #f3cdfe #f4d3ff #f6d9ff #f8e0ff #f9e6ff #fbecff #fcf2ff #fef9ff #ffffff

Tones (toward gray)

#ecc2f9 #e9c4f5 #e6c5f0 #e3c7ec #e0c9e7 #ddcae3 #daccde #d7cdd9 #d4cfd5 #d0d0d0

Color harmonies

Complementary

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#EFC0FE
#CFFEC0
#efc0fe #cffec0

Analogous

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#D0C0FE
#EFC0FE
#FEC0EE
#d0c0fe #efc0fe #fec0ee

Triadic

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#EFC0FE
#FEEFC0
#C0FEEF
#efc0fe #feefc0 #c0feef

Tetradic

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#EFC0FE
#FED0C0
#CFFEC0
#C0EEFE
#efc0fe #fed0c0 #cffec0 #c0eefe

Square

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#EFC0FE
#FED0C0
#CFFEC0
#C0EEFE
#efc0fe #fed0c0 #cffec0 #c0eefe

Split Complementary

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#EFC0FE
#EEFEC0
#C0FED0
#efc0fe #eefec0 #c0fed0

Monochromatic

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#D048FC
#E084FD
#EFC0FE
#F7E1FF
#F7E1FF
#d048fc #e084fd #efc0fe #f7e1ff #f7e1ff

Accessibility & contrast

1.54
#EFC0FE on #FFFFFF
AA text ✗AA large ✗AAA text ✗UI 3:1 ✗
13.64
#EFC0FE on #000000
AA text ✓AA large ✓AAA text ✓UI 3:1 ✓

Best text on light lavendar

13.64
#000000 text

WCAG 2.1: AA needs ≥4.5:1 for normal text, ≥3:1 for large text and UI components; AAA needs ≥7:1 / ≥4.5:1. Open the contrast checker →

Color blindness preview

Simulation using the Machado et al. (2009) physiological model, severity 1.0. This is an approximation of perception — not a medical assessment.

Normal vision
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9CDFF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3D2FC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EFC7D6

Closest named colors

Nearest matches by CIEDE2000 perceptual distance (ΔE₀₀) across the full color database.

ColorNameΔE₀₀
Light Lilac #EDC8FF2.47
Light Lavender #DFC5FE4.50
Pale Lavender #EECFFE4.73
Pale Lilac #E4CBFF4.87
Mauve #E0B0FF5.13
Pale Mauve #FED0FC5.61

Colors that go with light lavendar

Top matches by hue harmony, contrast and saturation compatibility.

Midnight Purple #280137
11.9:1
Same hue family as light lavendar (Δh 2°) — guaranteed harmony
Dark Plum #3F012C
10.9:1
Analogous hue (Δh ≈33°) — neighbors on the color wheel
10.0:1
Text-safe contrast with the anchor (10:1, passes WCAG AA)
Army Green #4B5D16
4.7:1
Split-complementary angle (Δh ≈150°) — strong but softer than direct complement
Forrest Green #154406
7.3:1
Complementary hue (Δh ≈180°) — maximum hue contrast

Values computed from the sRGB color model. CMYK is the naive sRGB conversion without an ICC profile. RGB percentages may differ between color-managed applications.