Lilac (color)

This article is about the color. For other uses, see Lilac (disambiguation).

Lilac
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C8A2C8
sRGBB  (r, g, b)	(200, 162, 200)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(0, 19, 0, 22)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(300°, 19%, 78%)
Source
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Lilac (#C8A2C8)

Lilac is a color that is a pale violet tone representing the average color of most lilac flowers. It might also be described as dark mauve or light purple. The colors of some lilac flowers may be equivalent to the colors shown below as pale lilac, rich lilac, or deep lilac. There are other lilac flowers that are colored red-violet.

The first recorded use of lilac as an English color name was in 1775.

Variations of lilac

Pale lilac

Lilac (ISCC-NBS)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DCD0FF
sRGBB  (r, g, b)	(220, 208, 255)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(14, 18, 0, 0)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(255°, 18%, 100%)
Source	ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Pale lilac is the color that is represented as lilac in the ISCC-NBS color list. The source of this color is sample 209 in the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955).

Sophie Gengembre Anderson: The Time of the Lilacs

Bright lilac

Bright lilac flower

Lilac (Crayola)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#D891EF
sRGBB  (r, g, b)	(216, 145, 239)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(10, 39, 0, 6)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(285°, 39%, 94%)
Source	Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color bright lilac is displayed at right. This is the color called lilac by Crayola in 1994 as one of the colors in its Magic Scent specialty box of colors.

Rich lilac

Lilac (Pourpre.com)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#B666D2
sRGBB  (r, g, b)	(182, 102, 210)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(13, 51, 0, 18)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(284°, 51%, 82%)
Source	Pourpre.com
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Rich lilac, the rich tone of lilac called lilac in the Pourpre.com color list, a color list popular in France, is shown at right. Another name for this color is bright French lilac.

French lilac

French Lilac
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#86608E
sRGBB  (r, g, b)	(134, 96, 142)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)	(6, 32, 0, 44)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(290°, 32%, 56%)
Source	ISCC NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color French lilac is displayed at right.

This color was formulated for use in interior design when a medium dark violet color is desired.

The first recorded use of French lilac as a color name in English was in 1814.

Lilac in nature

Birds

• The lilac-breasted roller is a member of the roller family of birds. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula.

Lilac in culture

Mourning

• Pale lilac was a color associated with the final stages of mourning in English and European cultures.

See also

• List of colors
• Lavender
• Lilac (plant)
• Lilac chaser (illusion of visual perception)