Lavender Blush #FFF0F5

Lavender Blush (#FFF0F5) is a near-white neutral with an OKLCH hue of 355°, lightness 0.97 and chroma 0.017. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.

Color values

HEX#FFF0F5
RGBrgb(255, 240, 245)
HSLhsl(340, 100%, 97%)
HSVhsv(340, 6%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 4%, 0%)
CIE Lablab(96.1 5.9 -0.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.968 0.017 355)

How Lavender Blush behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Lavender Blush shifts subtly: takes on a red cast, reads darker; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: takes on a magenta cast. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 1.1:1 and against black 19.03:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Palettes built from Lavender Blush

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#fff0f5 · #d2c5ca · #aa9ea2 · #84797d · #5f5659 · #3d3638

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#fff0f5 · #ffd1ef · #e4bfe7 · #c5b0db · #a7a1cc · #8a92b9

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#fff0f5 · #c9ada0 · #b58597 · #9c6950 · #754c5c · #52392c

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#fff0f5 · #8fd5c1 · #98868c · #7f626c · #5e444e · #3b2a30

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#fff0f5 · #d0d9d6 · #9e9397 · #565c5a · #2d2225 · #000101

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#fff0f5 · #cdc7c9 · #a19a9c · #292124 · #070304 · #e55096

Gold Accent

The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.

#fff0f5 · #cdc7c9 · #a19a9c · #292124 · #070304 · #ddc44e

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#fff0f5 · #c9dcd6 · #6ea394 · #216858 · #002d24 · #040001

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#fff0f5 · #c9dcd6 · #80a180 · #12666f · #0d2d10 · #000304

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#fff0f5 · #d6d9c8 · #959b71 · #2a617f · #00293d · #010100

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#fff0f5 · #ded6c7 · #a7946c · #216858 · #162344 · #000402

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FEF1F5 · #FDF1F5 · #FCF2F5 · #FAF2F5 · #F9F3F5

Shades

#D0C3C7 · #A3979B · #786E72 · #50484A · #2B2427

Using Lavender Blush

Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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