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Composed Lavanda

#7f7ede
Notes

Composed Lavanda (#7F7EDE) is a true blue with a cool character. It leans cool, sitting on the blue, green, and violet side of the wheel. Quiet and dependable, a fit for product UI and data visualization. Its HSL profile (241°, 59%, 68%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary yellow. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#7f7ede
RGB
rgb(127, 126, 222)
HSL
hsl(241, 59%, 68%)
HWB
hwb(241 49% 13%)
OKLCH
oklch(63.7% 0.142 282.1)
HSV
hsv(241, 43%, 87%)
LAB
lab(56.79% 24.38 -49.00)
LCH
lch(56.79% 54.73 296.46)
CMYK
cmyk(43%, 43%, 0%, 13%)

Etymology

Composed
adjective

The past participle of compose, to arrange together — used as a color modifier for hues that read as deliberate and balanced. Composed black, composed gray: the saturation is moderate, the hue is calmly positioned without aggression. Sits at the bold-and-quiet edge of the grid near settled and resolute.

Lavanda
noun

Italian and Spanish for lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) — derived from Latin lavare, to wash, after the Roman use of lavender in bathwater. Lavanda color refers to a freshly cut Provençal lavanda sprig: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue-violet with the matte finish of essential-oil-rich lavender bracts. Cooler than English lavender, which trends paler and grayer.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#7f7ede
Original
#5a8ce2
Protanopia
#5585dc
Deuteranopia
#6192a3
Tritanopia
#858585
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon White
3.53:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon Black
5.94:1

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