Photo in the color Lavender blush
Pictured: Lavender blush
rgb(255, 240, 245)
#FFF0F5

Lavender Blush #FFF0F5 RGB Color Code

CSS keyword lavenderblush.

Lavender Blush (#FFF0F5) is a neutral white. In RGB it is made of 100% red, 94% green and 96% blue (R 255, G 240, B 245). The red channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 340°, 100% saturation and 97% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.902, so black text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 4% yellow and 0% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a neutral color. It goes well with warm oranges and reds for contrast. For a calm, matching look, use nearby cool tones.

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Lavender Blush color codes

#FFF0F5 in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.

FormatValueNotesCopy
HEX #FFF0F5 Valid CSS
CSS name lavenderblush Valid CSS
RGB rgb(255, 240, 245) Valid CSS
HSL hsl(340, 100%, 97%) Valid CSS
HSV / HSB hsv(340, 6%, 100%) Not a CSS format
HWB hwb(340 94% 0%) Valid CSS
CMYK cmyk(0%, 6%, 4%, 0%) Approximate (no ICC profile)
OKLCH oklch(96.83% 0.0174 355.1) Valid CSS
OKLab oklab(96.83% 0.0173 -0.0015) Valid CSS
CIELAB lab(96.1% 5.86 -0.51) D50, as in CSS
CIELCH lch(96.1% 5.88 355.04) Valid CSS
Display P3 color(display-p3 0.9899 0.9432 0.9601) Valid CSS
XYZ (D65) color(xyz-d65 0.8888 0.9017 0.9911) Valid CSS
Decimal 16773365 Integer (0xRRGGBB)

CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.9017. Nearest web-safe color: #FFFFFF.

Mix Lavender Blush with other colors

See what #FFF0F5 makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.

PaintLavender Blush and red paintOpen in the color mixer
LightLavender Blush and green lightOpen in the color mixer
PrintLavender Blush and cyan inkOpen in the color mixer
DigitalLavender Blush blended with blueOpen in the color mixer

Use Lavender Blush in your code

Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.

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CSS variable--lavender-blush: #FFF0F5;
Sass variable$lavender-blush: #FFF0F5;
Tailwind CSS v4@theme { --color-lavender-blush: #FFF0F5; }
Tailwind CSS v3 configcolors: { 'lavender-blush': '#FFF0F5' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 1, green: 0.941, blue: 0.961)
UIKitUIColor(red: 1, green: 0.941, blue: 0.961, alpha: 1)
Android XML<color name="lavender_blush">#FFFFF0F5</color>
Flutter and Jetpack ComposeColor(0xFFFFF0F5)

Accessibility and contrast

Black text works best on #FFF0F5 (19.03:1, AAA). Here is how #FFF0F5 does as a text color:

Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
1.10:1 on white
APCA Lc 0
Fails AATry #807378
Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
19.03:1 on black
APCA Lc -100
AAA

Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.

How people with color blindness see Lavender Blush

#FFF0F5 next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.

  • Normal visionhow most people see it
  • Protanopiano red cones, about 1% of men
  • Deuteranopiano green cones, the most common type
  • Tritanopiano blue cones, very rare
  • Achromatopsiano color at all, very rare

#FFF0F5 has almost no hue, so it looks much the same with every type of color blindness. Only its lightness counts. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.

About the color Lavender Blush

A keyword from the X11 list

Lavender blush is a CSS color keyword, written lavenderblush in a style sheet. Like most CSS names, it came from the X11 color list used on Unix computers. The code #FFF0F5 keeps red at full strength and lowers green and blue only a little. On screen that reads as white with a light pink flush. The ISCC-NBS system calls it a pinkish white, and the Wikipedia article on lavender describes it as a pale pinkish lavender.

Next to its neighbors

Lavender blush is pinker than the bluish CSS lavender. Misty rose is a little warmer and darker, and snow is closer to pure white. Black text on lavender blush scores 19.03 to 1, almost the best contrast possible. More CSS names are on the CSS color names page.

Lavender Blush in a user interface

A sample app screen with #FFF0F5 as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.

Light theme

Dark theme

Buttons and bars use #FFF0F5 as it is. On the light theme, #FFF0F5 is too hard to read as text (1.10:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #807378 there (4.52:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.

Color harmonies for Lavender Blush

These schemes turn the hue of #FFF0F5 around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.

Complementary

Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.

Open palette
this#FFF0F5#F0FFFA

Analogous

Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.

Open palette
#FFF0FDthis#FFF0F5#FFF3F0

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.

Open palette
this#FFF0F5#F5FFF0#F0F5FF

Split complementary

A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.

Open palette
this#FFF0F5#F0FFF3#F0FDFF

Tetradic (rectangle)

Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.

Open palette
this#FFF0F5#FFFAF0#F0FFFA#F0F5FF

Square

Four hues 90° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.

Open palette
this#FFF0F5#FDFFF0#F0FFFA#F3F0FF

Monochromatic

One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.

Open palette
#660022#B9003E#FF0D5E#FF6095#FFB3CC

Gradients with Lavender Blush

Four CSS gradients made from #FFF0F5. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.

Soft tint

From a pale tint to the full color.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #FFFCFD, #FFF0F5);

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Deep shade

The color fading into a dark shade.

background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FFF0F5, #484344);

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Analogous

Its two neighbors on the color wheel.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FFF0FD, #FFF0F5, #FFF3F0);

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Triadic

A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FFF0F5, #FAF8F3, #F5FFF0);

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Shades, tints and tones of Lavender Blush

Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.

Design system scale (50 to 950)

Lavender Blush sits at step 50. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.

  1. 50
    FFF0F5
  2. 100
    F2EBED
  3. 200
    E1D8DB
  4. 300
    C9BDC1
  5. 400
    AC9FA3
  6. 500
    8F8287
  7. 600
    74686C
  8. 700
    5D5256
  9. 800
    493F43
  10. 900
    352E30
  11. 950
    201C1D

Closest RAL, Tailwind and CSS colors

The nearest match to #FFF0F5 in three color systems that designers and builders use.

RAL ClassicRAL 9010 Pure white#F7F9EF, very close (ΔE 2.8)Tailwind CSSrose-50 #FFF1F2, nearly the same (ΔE 0.5)CSS color nameslavenderblush #FFF0F5, exact match (ΔE 0.0)

ΔE is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.

The named colors that look closest to this one (ΔE in OKLab). Browse all shades of white or search the color library.