Lavender (color)

This box shows the color lavender.

a lavender flower

Lavender is a light tone of violet.

The name comes from the flower of the lavender plant. Originally, the name lavender only meant the color of this flower. The color of the flower is still the standard for lavender but there are many other tones of light or medium violet now called lavender also.

The color of the flower can also be called floral lavender. Other shades of lavender can range in hue from pinkish purple through violet to blueish-indigo. They can also range from light and pale to medium and greyish shades.

By 1930, the book A Dictionary of Color identified three major shades of lavender--[floral] lavender, lavender gray, and lavender blue, and in addition a fourth shade of lavender called old lavender (a dark lavender gray) (all four of these shades of lavender are shown below). By 1955, the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names listed dozens of different shades of lavender.

The first recorded use of the word lavender as a color term in English was in 1705.

Meaning of lavender

• Lavender represents homosexuality because it is the color that is made when the color pink, which represents girls, and the color baby blue, which represents boys, are mixed together.

Tones of Lavender color comparison chart

• Lavender Blush Light (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #FFF9FB) (RGB: 255, 245, 251)
• Lavender Mist Light (Xona.com Color List "Lavender Light Light") (Hex: #F5F5FD) (RGB: 245, 245, 253)
• Lavender Blush (web color) (Hex: #FFF0F5) (RGB: 255, 240, 245)
• Lavender Mist (web color Lavender) (Hex: #E6E6FA) (RGB: 230, 230, 250)
• Perfume Light (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #EBE3FC) (RGB: 235, 227, 252)
• Prelude Light (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #EBE4F4) (RGB: 235, 228, 244)
• Languid Lavender (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #D6CADD) (RGB: 214, 202, 221)
• Amethyst Smoke Light (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #D5CFDE) (RGB: 213, 207, 222)
• Lavender Blue-Gray (Hex: #BDBBD7) (RGB: 189, 187, 215)
• Lavender Gray (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #C4C3D0) (RGB: 196, 195, 221)
• Prelude (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #D0C0E5) (RGB: 208, 192, 229)
• Pale Light French Lavender (Xona.com Color List "Lavender Light") (Hex: #D8D0F5) (RGB: 216, 208, 245)
• Pale Lavender (ISCC-NBS Lavender) (Hex: #DCD0FF) (RGB: 220, 208, 255)
• Lavender Blue (Periwinkle) (PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #CCCCFF) (RGB: 204, 204, 255)
• Melrose (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #C7C1FF) (RGB: 199, 193, 255)
• Pastel Lavender (Mauve (PerBang.dk)) (Hex: #E0B0FF) (RGB: 224, 176, 255)
• Blue-Violet Light (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #C77DF3) (RGB: 199, 125, 243)
• Perfume (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #D0BEF8) (RGB: 208, 190, 248)
• Medium Purple Light (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #CDB7F0) (RGB: 205, 183, 240)
• Light Lavender (Wisteria (Crayola)) (Hex: #C9A0DC (RGB: 201, 160, 220)
• Medium Lavender Grey (Lilac (PerBang.dk)) (Hex: #C8A2C8) (RGB: 200, 162, 200)
• Light Lavender Magenta (Xona.com Color List "Violet Light Light") (Hex: #F8C3F*) (RGB: 248, 195, 248)
• Lavender Pink (Crayola "Lavender [Pink]")(Hex: #FBAED2) (RGB: 251, 174, 210)
• Lavender Rose (PerBang.dk) (Hex: #FBA0E3) (RGB: 251, 160, 227)
• Brilliant Lavender (Electric Lavender) (PerBang.dk) (Hex: #F4BBFF (RGB: 249, 192, 255)
• Rich Brilliant Lavender (PerBang.dk) (Hex: #F1A7FE) (RGB: 241, 167, 254)
• Lavender Magenta (PerBang.dk) (web color "violet") (Hex: #EE82EE) (RGB: 238, 130, 238)
• Vivid Lavender (Psychedelic Lavender) (Heliotrope (PerBang.dk)) (Hex: #DF73FF) (RGB: 223, 115, 255)
• Light Veronica (Xona.com Color List "[X11] Purple Light") (Hex:D46FF9) (RGB: 212,111, 249)
• Medium Lavender Pink (Sky Magenta) (PerBang.dk)) (Hex: #CF71AF) (RGB: 207, 113, 175)
• Lavender Affair Light (Xona.com Color List "Affair Light") (Hex: #B898CD) (RGB: 184, 152, 205)
• Medium Bright Lavender (Bright Ube (PerBang.dk)) (Hex: #D19FE8) (RGB: 209, 159, 232)
• Bright Lavender (PerBang.dk) (Light Floral Lavender) (Hex: #BF94E4) (RGB: 191, 148, 228)
• LAVENDER (Floral Lavender) (PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #B57EDC) (RGB: 181, 126, 220)
• Rich Lavender (PerBang.dk) (Deep Floral Lavender) (Hex: #A76BCF) (RGB: 170, 97, 204)
• Deep Rich Lavender (Deep Lilac (PerBang.dk)) (Hex: #9955BB) (RGB: 153, 85, 187)
• Lavender Indigo (PerBang.dk) (Hex: #9457EB) (RGB: 148, 87, 235)
• Vanda (Floral Vanda) (Hex: #9842E3) (RGB: 152, 66, 227)
• Amethyst (PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul) (Medium Deep Lavender) (Hex: #9966CC) (RGB: 153, 102, 204)
• Dull Deep Lavender (Wikipedia Link Lavender) (Hex: #9C87CD) (RGB: 158, 137, 193)
• DADT Repeal Lavender (color of Obama's tie when signing) (Hex: #9D9FE9) (RGB: 157, 159, 233)
• Light French Lavender (Xona.com Color List "Lavender") (Hex: #A899E6) (RGB: 168, 153, 230)
• French Lavender (Lavender (Pourpre.com)) (Hex: #9683EC) (RGB: 150, 131, 236)
• Deep Rich Lavender Grey (Purple Yam) (Ube (PerBang.dk)) (Hex: #8878C3) (RGB: 136, 120, 195)
• Deep Lavender (Medium Purple (web color)) (Hex: #9370DB) (RGB: 147, 112, 219)
• Lavender Purple (Purple Mountain Majesty (Crayola)) (Hex: #9978B6) (RGB: 150, 120, 182)
• Amethyst Smoke (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #A397B4) (RGB: 163, 151, 180)
• Lavender Brown (Medium Vanda) (Plochere "Vanda") (Hex: #AA8A9E) (RGB: 170, 138, 158)
• Twilight Lavender (Crayola Silver Swirls) (Hex: #8A496B) (RGB: 138, 73, 107)
• Halaya Ube (PerBang.dk) (Purple Yam Jam) (Hex: #663854) (RGB: 102, 56, 84)
• Old Lavender (ISCC-NBS) (Dark Lavender Grey) (Hex: #796878) (RGB: 121, 104, 120)
• Dark Lavender (Pantone color #258) (Hex: #734F96) (RGB: 115, 79, 150)
• Lavender Affair (Xona.com Color List "Affair") (Hex: #714693) (RGB: 113, 70, 147)

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