What is the hex code for Lavender Blush?

Lavender Blush is #fff0f5. In CSS the keyword lavenderblush, the hex #fff0f5, rgb(255, 240, 245) and hsl(340, 100%, 97%) all paint the same color.

What is the opposite of Lavender Blush on the color wheel?

The opposite (complementary) color is #f0fffa, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.

Can I use Lavender Blush for text?

Lavender Blush as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.1:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 19.03:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.

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Lavender Blush color: hex #fff0f5, RGB and HSL

Lavender Blush is the CSS keyword lavenderblush, hex #fff0f5, rgb(255, 240, 245), hsl(340, 100%, 97%). It is a very light, fully saturated red in the whites family. Below: the colors that go with it, its tints and shades, how it reads as text, and a complete interface palette built from it.

CSS name: lavenderblush
Hex: #fff0f5
RGB: rgb(255, 240, 245)
HSL: hsl(340, 100%, 97%)
On white: 1.1:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text
On black: 19.03:1 — passes AA for body text

.example {
  color: lavenderblush;          /* keyword */
  color: #fff0f5;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(255, 240, 245); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(340, 100%, 97%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with lavender blush

Each match keeps lavender blush's saturation and lightness and rotates only the hue, so the relationship is the wheel's and nothing else. Any of these can be an accent beside lavender blush as the primary; the harmony guides explain which rule suits which interface.

Complementary

The opposite hue, 180° away — the strongest contrast, best kept to one accent per screen.

#f0fffa

Split-complementary

The two neighbors of the complement, at 150° and 210° — most of the contrast with less tension, and two accents instead of one.

#f0fff3

#f0fdff

Triadic

Two hues at 120° and 240° — three evenly spaced signals, the scheme charts and category colors want.

#f5fff0

#f0f5ff

Analogous

The neighbors at −30° and +30° — calm and cohesive, with emphasis coming from weight and size rather than hue.

#fff0fd

#fff3f0

Tints and shades of lavender blush

Tints add lightness toward white; shades remove it toward black. The hue and saturation stay fixed, so every step still reads as lavender blush — these are the hover, pressed, disabled and surface variants a single brand color needs.

Tints (lighter)

#fff3f7

#fff5f8

#fff8fa

#fffafc

#fffdfd

Shades (darker)

#ff9ebe

#ff4b87

#f80052

#a50037

#52001b

A UI color palette built from lavender blush

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from lavender blush as the primary with the split-complementary rule: secondary and accent rotate around the wheel, and the five neutrals take the hue at lightness steps tuned for light and dark mode. This is the same derivation the palette generator runs — open it there to change the rule, drag the anchors, or export the set as CSS variables.

Light mode

primary: #fff0f5
secondary: #f0fff3
accent: #f0fdff
background: #fdfcfc
surface: #f7f3f4
text: #221117
muted: #8f5669
border: #ecdfe3

Dark mode

primary: #fff0f5
secondary: #f0fff3
accent: #f0fdff
background: #1b0e12
surface: #28151c
text: #f6f3f4
muted: #b894a0
border: #492732

Open lavender blush in the palette generator

Using lavender blush in an interface

The near-whites are page backgrounds. A canvas at ivory or alice blue instead of pure white is the difference between a page that feels designed and one that feels blank — and it is exactly what a tinted `background` role does in a semantic palette. Whichever role lavender blush takes, define it once as a token rather than repeating the keyword: the semantic palette guide covers the eight roles, and the guides to complementary, triadic and the other color schemes explain how to weight the matches above.

What is the hex code for Lavender Blush?: Lavender Blush is #fff0f5. In CSS the keyword lavenderblush, the hex #fff0f5, rgb(255, 240, 245) and hsl(340, 100%, 97%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Lavender Blush?: Its complement is #f0fffa, the split-complementary pair is #f0fff3 and #f0fdff, the triadic partners are #f5fff0 and #f0f5ff, and the analogous neighbors are #fff0fd and #fff3f0. In an interface, use Lavender Blush for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Lavender Blush on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #f0fffa, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.
Can I use Lavender Blush for text?: Lavender Blush as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.1:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 19.03:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.