Soft & pastelQuiet luxury
Lavender and Cream Color Combination
Pale violet over a warm off-white keeps saturation low, so the pair reads calm and expensive instead of sugary.
Hex codes #E6E6FA and #FFFDD0 — a quiet luxury pair with a 1.18:1 contrast ratio between the two colors.
Values for this combination
- RGB
- rgb(230, 230, 250)
- HSL
- hsl(240, 67%, 94%)
- Hex
- #E6E6FA
- RGB
- rgb(255, 253, 208)
- HSL
- hsl(57, 100%, 91%)
- Hex
- #FFFDD0
Contrast between Lavender and Cream
Contrast ratio 1.18:1. This only decides whether one color of the pair can carry text on the other — the colors themselves always work side by side.
Cream text on a Lavender surface, at 1.18:1.
Lavender text on a Cream surface, at 1.18:1.
Where this pair works
- Skincare
- Wedding stationery
- Boutique hotels
Give Lavender (#E6E6FA) roughly 60% of the surface, Cream (#FFFDD0) about 30%, and leave the last 10% for the neutral below. That split is what keeps a two-color combination from turning into a fight.
A five-color set from this pair
Lavender and Cream as a working palette: a pale tint of the lighter color for backgrounds, both colors as they are, a deep shade of the darker color for text and a neutral for everything in between.
- Pale tint#e7e7f4backgrounds and large surfaces · closest to Lavender
- Primary#E6E6FAthe dominant color · closest to Lavender
- Secondary#FFFDD0the accent color · closest to Cream
- Deep shade#4d4900text, borders and icons · closest to ArmyGreen
- Neutral#f4f4f6dividers and quiet surfaces · closest to WhiteSmoke
Explore Lavender and Cream on their own
Lavender
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Frequently asked questions
Yes — this pair is used for skincare, wedding stationery, boutique hotels. The two colors measure 1.18:1 against each other, which means the two should sit side by side as surfaces rather than as text and background.
Good to know
- Every value on this page is calculated from #E6E6FA and #FFFDD0 — nothing is hardcoded.
- Build a longer palette out of Lavender or Cream in the palette generator, or test your own text pair in the contrast checker.
Put this combination to work
Turn Lavender and Cream into a full palette, a gradient or a set of shades — or check the pair against WCAG.
