Lavender (web color)
Common connotations
LGBTQ,calmness,homosexuality
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E6E6FA
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(230, 230, 250)
HSV (h,s,v)	(240°, 8%, 98%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(92, 16, 266°)
Source	X11,[1] HSV[2]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Very pale blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Lavender is a light shade ofpurple orviolet. It applies particularly to thecolor of theflower of the same name. Theweb color called lavender is displayed adjacent—it matches the color of the palest part of the flower; however, the more saturated color shown asfloral lavender more closely matches the average color of the lavender flower as shown in the picture and is the tone of lavender historically and traditionally consideredlavender by average people as opposed towebsite designers.^[3] The color lavender might be described as amedium purple, apalebluish purple,^[4] or alightpinkish-purple. The termlavender may be used in general to apply to a wide range of pale, light, orgrayish-purples, but only on theblue side;lilac is pale purple on thepink side. In paints, the color lavender is made by mixing purple andwhite paint.

The first recorded use of the wordlavender as a color term inEnglish was in 1705.^[5]

Originally, the namelavender only applied to flowers. By 1930, the bookA Dictionary of Color^[6] identified three major shades of lavender—[floral] lavender,lavender gray, andlavender blue, and in addition a fourth shade of lavender calledold lavender (a darker lavender gray) (all four of these shades of lavender are shown below). By 1955, the publication of the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (a color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps), now on theInternet,^[7] listed dozens of different shades of lavender. Today, although the color floral lavender (the color of the flower of the lavender plant) remains the standard for lavender, just as there are many shades ofpink (lightred, lightrose, and lightmagenta colors), there are many shades of lavender (some light magenta, some light purple, [mostly] light violet [as well as some grayish-violet], and some lightindigo colors).

Lavender blush
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FFF0F5
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(255, 240, 245)
HSV (h,s,v)	(340°, 6%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(96, 9, 347°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Pinkish-white
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web colorlavender blush. It is a pale pinkish tone of lavender.

Lavender mist
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E6E6FA
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(230, 230, 250)
HSV (h,s,v)	(240°, 8%, 98%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(92, 16, 266°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Very pale blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color designated as the web color lavender is a very paletint of lavender that in other (artistic) contexts may be described aslavender mist.^{[citation needed]}

Languid lavender
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#D6CADD
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(214, 202, 221)
HSV (h,s,v)	(278°, 9%, 87%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(83, 15, 293°)
Source	Plochere[8]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Very pale purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the colorlanguid lavender. The source of this color is thePlochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used byinterior designers.^[9]

Lavender gray
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C4C3D0
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(196, 195, 208)
HSV (h,s,v)	(245°, 6%, 82%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(79, 10, 269°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[10]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light bluish-gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The historical name for this color islavender gray. It is listed inA Dictionary of Color^[3]as one of the three major variations of lavender in 1930 along withlavender blue (shown below) and [floral]lavender (also shown below).^[11] (This book also designates a fourth shade of lavender, calledold lavender, also shown below). This color is similar to Prismacolor colored pencil PC 1026,Greyed Lavender.

Soap
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#CEC8EF
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(206, 200, 239)
HSV (h,s,v)	(249°, 16%, 94%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(82, 31, 272°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Very pale violet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The colorsoap is displayed at right.Soap is a color formulated byCrayola in 1994 as one of the colors in itsMagic Scent specialty box of colors.

This color is a representation of soap scented withlavender, one of the most popular scents for soap.

Pale Lavender
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DCD0FF
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(220, 208, 255)
HSV (h,s,v)	(255°, 18%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(86, 37, 276°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[10]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Very light violet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the pale tint of lavender shown aslavender in sample 209 in theISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names.^[12]

Periwinkle
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#CCCCFF
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(204, 204, 255)
HSV (h,s,v)	(240°, 20%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(84, 42, 266°)
Source	Maerz and Paul[13]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Very light purplish-blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Lavender blue was listed inA Dictionary of Color as one of the three major variations of lavender in 1930 along withlavender gray (shown above) and [floral]lavender (shown below). It is identified as being the same color asperiwinkle. The first use of the termlavender blue as a color term was in 1926.^[14]

Wisteria
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C9A0DC
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(201, 160, 220)
HSV (h,s,v)	(281°, 27%, 86%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(71, 47, 293°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The colorwisteria is displayed at right.Wisteria, alight medium violet color is equivalent tolight lavender.

The Prismacolor coloredpencil PC 956, which used to be calledlight violet and is now calledlilac (the actual color of the colored pencil is equivalent to wisteria rather thanlilac) is this color.

Wisteria in this exact shade is one of theCrayola crayon colors on thelist of Crayola crayon colors. It was formulated as a Crayola color in 1993. The first recorded use ofwisteria as a color name inEnglish was in 1892.^[15]

Pink lavender
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DBB2D1
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(219, 178, 209)
HSV (h,s,v)	(315°, 19%, 86%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(77, 29, 319°)
Source	Pantone TPX[16][17]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish purplish pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The colorpink lavender is displayed at right.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #14-3207 TPX—Pink Lavender.^[18]

Lavender pink
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FBAED2
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(251, 174, 210)
HSV (h,s,v)	(332°, 31%, 98%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(79, 48, 340°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light purplish-pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

After the introduction of theMunsell color system, in which purple, described as equivalent tored-violet, is described as one of the five psychological primary colors along withred,yellow,green, andblue, some people began to think of lavender as being somewhat morepinkish color.^{[citation needed]}

This color can be described aslavender pink orpale pinkish-purple when purple is defined as equivalent tored-violet as artists do.^{[citation needed]}

This tone of lavender, displayed at right, is the color designated aslavender (color #74) in thelist of Crayola crayon colors. This version of "lavender" is a lot pinker than the other shades of lavender shown here.

Plum (web color)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DDA0DD
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(221, 160, 221)
HSV (h,s,v)	(300°, 28%, 87%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(73, 50, 308°)
Source	HTML/CSS[19]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light reddish-purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the colormedium lavender magenta which is equivalent to theweb color version ofplum (pale plum).

This color may be regarded both as a tone of lavender since it is a light color between rose and blue and as a light medium tone of magenta because its red and blue values are equal (the color signature of a tone of magenta for computer display).

Heliotrope
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DF73FF
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(223, 115, 255)
HSV (h,s,v)	(286°, 55%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(66, 102, 295°)
Source	Maerz and Paul[20]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The colorheliotrope is shown at right. Another name for this color ispsychedelic lavender because this color was a popular color often used in thehippie psychedelic poster art of the late 1960s for theFillmore Auditorium and theAvalon Ballroom inSan Francisco. These posters were sold in thehead shops of theHaight-Ashbury neighborhood and were drawn and produced by such artists asWes Wilson,Stanley Mouse,Rick Griffin, andVictor Moscoso.

Lavender (floral)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#B57EDC
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(181, 126, 220)
HSV (h,s,v)	(275°, 43%, 86%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(62, 71, 287°)
Source	Maerz and Paul[21]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the colorLavender (floral). This color matches the color shown as "lavender" (viewed under afull-spectrumfluorescent lamp) in the 1930 bookA Dictionary of Color (reference below), theworld standard for color names before the introduction of computers. This color may also be calledfloral lavender. It is amedium violet.

This tone of lavender would be the approximate color resulting from a mix of 50%violet paint and 50%white paint.

This tone of lavender may be regarded as actual lavender and the other tones displayed in this article can be regarded as all variations on this shade.^[22]

This lavender also closely matches the color given aslavender in a basic purplecolor chart^[usurped].

Amethyst
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#9966CC
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(153, 102, 204)
HSV (h,s,v)	(270°, 50%, 80%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(53, 76, 283°)
Source	htmlcsscolor[23]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid violet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The coloramethyst is a moderate, transparentviolet. Its name is derived from the stoneamethyst, a form ofquartz. Amethyst is the birthstone for those born in February.

The first recorded use ofamethyst as a color name inEnglish was in 1572.^[24]

Though the color of natural amethyst varies frompurple toyellow, the amethyst color referred to here is the moderate purple color most commonly associated with amethyst stones. There is disagreement as to the cause of the purple color of the amethyst stone. Some believe that the color is due to the presence ofmanganese, while others have suggested that the amethyst color could be fromferricthiocyanate orsulfur found in amethyst stones.^[25]

Medium purple
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#9370DB
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(147, 112, 219)
HSV (h,s,v)	(260°, 49%, 86%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(55, 83, 276°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid violet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web colormedium purple which is equivalent todeep medium violet ordeep lavender.

Purple mountain majesty
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#9678B6
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(150, 120, 182)
HSV (h,s,v)	(269°, 34%, 71%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(55, 48, 284°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light violet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the colorpurple mountain majesty, a Crayola color since 1993. This color may be regarded as amedium lavender gray.^{[citation needed]}

This color was the color calledlavender in Crayola crayons before 1958, when Crayola switched to calling the color shown above aslavender pink as beinglavender. See the website "Lost Crayola Crayon Colors".^[26] Because of that, another name for this color islavender purple.

This color is a representation of the waymountains look when they are far away.

English lavender
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#B48395
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(180, 131, 149)
HSV (h,s,v)	(338°, 27%, 71%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(60, 30, 347°)
Source	Pantone TPX[16][27]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the colorEnglish lavender.

English lavender is a medium light tone of grayish pinkish lavender.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-3617 TPX—English Lavender.^[28]

Twilight lavender
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#8A496B
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(138, 73, 107)
HSV (h,s,v)	(329°, 47%, 54%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(40, 40, 339°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Dark purplish-red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The colortwilight lavender is displayed at right.Twilight lavender is a color formulated byCrayola in 1990 as one of the colors in itsSilver Swirls specialty box of metallic colors.

Although this is supposed to be ametallic color, there is no mechanism for displaying metallic colors on a computer.

Old lavender
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#796878
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(121, 104, 120)
HSV (h,s,v)	(304°, 14%, 47%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(46, 13, 310°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[29]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish-purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Thedark lavender gray color displayed at right is calledold lavender. It is adark grayish-violet.

The first recorded use ofold lavender as a color name inEnglish was in the year 1924.^[30]

• In the formal rules ofmourning dress inGeorgian,Victorian, andEdwardian Britain, lavender was one of the few colors generally considered acceptable for women's clothing during the period of half-mourning, during which the bereaved was considered to still be in mourning and required to dress in sober, muted tones, but was not expected to wear the all-black garments of full mourning.
• Lavender roses are symbolic of "love at first sight".^[31]
• In 1995 actressUma Thurman wore anotable lavender colored dress by Prada to the Academy Award ceremonies, where she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

• Lavender is a color that can represent theLGBTQ community.^[32][33]
• Just as in the 1890smauve symbolized homosexuality, the tone of lavender described above as[true] lavender orfloral lavender became the symbol ofhomosexuality in the 1950s and 1960s. The gay anthemDas lila Lied was released in 1920 with the line "we only love lavender night...". In 1923,Harold Hersey wrote a tongue-in-cheek poem called "The Lavender Cowboy" about an unmanly cowboy with "only two hairs on his chest".Seán O'Casey wrote in 1928, "I am very sorry... that I have hurt the refined sentimentalities of C. W. Allen by neglecting to use the lavender... language of the 18th and 19th centuries."Cole Porter's 1929 song "I'm a Gigolo" went: "I'm a famous gigolo, And of lavender, my nature's got just a dash in it." A 1935 dictionary of slang reported "streak of lavender," meant an effeminate man or a sissy, a term used in 1926 byCarl Sandburg to describe youngAbraham Lincoln.^[34] In the 1960s,homophiles were sometimes referred to as thelavender boys (this term is still used by some people (both gay and non-gay) to refer togays). Alavender convention is a convention of homosexuals. Aheterosexual who has some homosexual tendencies is described as someone with adash of lavender.^[35] In the 1970spink became more often associated with homosexuality because of the use of thepink triangle as a symbol ofgay liberation. However, gays of thebaby boom generation still think of lavender as the gayest color. According to some sources, the reason lavender symbolizes homosexuality is because it is the color that is obtained whenpink (the color symbolizinggirls) is mixed withbaby blue (the color symbolizingboys).^[36]
• Lavenderroses are sometimes given byLGBT people to each other onValentine's Day or may be given to those entering into asame-sex marriage.
• Alavender marriage is amarriage between a man and a woman in which one, or both, parties are, or are assumed to be, homosexual. Usually, but not always, both parties are assumed to be complicit in a public deception to hide their homosexuality (although in some lavender marriages, the marriage partners may bebisexual).
• In thebandana code of thegay leather subculture, wearing a lavender bandana symbolizes that the wearer has afetish for dressing indrag.^[37][38][39]
• Lavender is the name of anLGBT magazine inMinnesota.
• The Lavender Dragon Society was a club forgayAsian Americans in theSan Francisco Bay Area in the late 1990s and early 2000s.^[40]
• The Lavender Families Resource Network, formerly known as the Mothers' National Defense Fund, was aSeattle-based organization started in 1974 with the aim to provide lesbian and bisexual women with resources and information relating to child-rearing, custody and adoption issues, and donor insemination.^[41]
• Lavender Graduation is an event that occurs annually at many colleges and universities whereLGBT students get their own graduation ceremony to celebrate their identities and achievements.
• The study of language used specifically by LGBT speakers is known aslavender linguistics.
• TheLGBTQIA caucus of theGreen Party of the United States is the Lavender Greens.^[42]
• Thelavender scare refers to the fear andpersecution ofhomosexuals in the 1950s in the United States, which paralleled theanti-communist campaign known asMcCarthyism.
• Lavender is the name of a 2019 American short LGBT romantic drama film directed byMatthew Puccini.
• Asynonym used for the originalgay liberation movement which began in 1969 is referring to the movement as thelavender revolution.
• During the 1960s feminism movement, lesbians were rejected by the then head of theNational Organization for Women,Betty Friedan, calling them the "Lavender Menace". These lesbian radical feminists adopted the name for their own informal group, consisting of many members of theGay Liberation Front.
• TheLavender Panthers was agay rights activist group inSan Francisco during the early 1970s, led by the ReverendRay Broshears.^[43]
• Lavender Country was an American country music band whose 1973 self-titled album was made up entirely of gay-themed songs.

• "Lavender Blue", originally an English folk song dating to the 17th century. This song became very popular during the 1950s rock and roll era, when it was sung bySolomon Burke. A hit version of the song, sung byBurl Ives, was featured in theWalt Disney movieSo Dear to My Heart and the 2015 filmCinderella.
• "Lavender" is a song byMarillion on the 1985 albumMisplaced Childhood. It quotes the folk song "Lavender Blue" in its lyrics.
• "Lavender" is a song byOctober Noir on the 2019 albumThirteen.^[44]
• "Lavender Haze" is a song byTaylor Swift on the 2022 albumMidnights.

• InTheosophy and theAscended Master Teachings (a group of religions based on Theosophy), since the colorviolet represents thedeitySt. Germain, and lavender is simply a light tone of violet, lavender as well as violet objects may be placed on the altar to St. Germain.
• TheChristian holiday ofEaster is represented by lavender andyellow because thecrocus flower, which is lavender and yellow, blooms inEurope in the spring.^{[citation needed]}

• Ladies in Lavender is a 2004 film byCharles Dance.
• Lavender Town is a purple-tinted town in theKanto region in thePokémon video games. It is well known for being a graveyard for Pokémon, and the many ghosts that haunt it.

TheReserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a lavender colored banknote of₹100 denomination underMahatma Gandhi New Series. The bank note measures 142 mm × 66 mm.

• 
  Indian 100 rupee note, obverse
• 
  Indian 100 rupee note, reverse

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•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Amethyst".Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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