Lavender Blush (#fff0f5) is a very light, vivid white. It is a CSS named color, so you can use it in stylesheets as color: lavenderblush as well as by its hex code. In RGB it is rgb(255, 240, 245); in HSL, hsl(340, 100%, 97%).
| Hex | #fff0f5 |
|---|---|
| CSS name | lavenderblush |
| RGB | rgb(255, 240, 245) |
| HSL | hsl(340, 100%, 97%) |
| CMYK | 0%, 6%, 4%, 0% |
| CSS example | color: #fff0f5; background-color: rgb(255, 240, 245); |
The hue is calculated at seven exact lightness levels for use in backgrounds, borders, text and hover states. These values are not substituted with nearby named colors.
#fff0f5 is a neutral: it carries little to no hue, so wheel-based schemes like complementary or triadic would simply return the same gray. Neutrals work differently — use the ramp above for backgrounds, borders and text, and pair #fff0f5 with a saturated accent for links, buttons and highlights. Each of these accents reads clearly against #fff0f5:
On a #fff0f5 background, black text gives the better contrast. WCAG requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text (AA), or 7:1 and 4.5:1 for AAA.
| Text color | Contrast ratio | Normal text | Large text |
|---|---|---|---|
| White text (#ffffff) | 1.10:1 | Fails | Fails |
| Black text (#000000) | 19.03:1 | AAA | AAA |
The CSS named colors closest to #fff0f5:
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