Lavender Screen
A full-screen solid lavender color (#E6E6FA). Fill your whole display, or download the lavender screen as an image in 480p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4K or any size you type in.
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What is a lavender screen?
A lavender screen is simply a web page filled edge to edge with one solid color — Lavender, hex #E6E6FA, or rgb(230, 230, 250). It is a very light, cool color: in HSL it sits at 240° hue, 67% saturation and 94% lightness, and its relative luminance is 80.3%. lavender is one of the standard CSS color names, so it renders identically in every browser.
Lavender screen at a glance
How a full-screen lavender (#E6E6FA) behaves as a light, a test pattern and a background — measured from the color itself.
| Brightness | 80% of a white screen | Bright enough to use as a light source or fill light. |
|---|---|---|
| Blue light | moderate (38% of its light) | About as much blue as a white screen. |
| Night use | Better for daytime | For a night light, turn the brightness down or choose a warmer screen such as red or orange. |
| Text on it | Black text · 17.1:1 | Excellent contrast for captions or signs (WCAG AAA). |
| Display test | blue at full power | A dead blue sub-pixel shows as a dark dot. |
What people use a lavender screen for
Because Lavender is so light, a lavender screen doubles as a soft light source: prop a phone or tablet beside you as fill light on a video call, use it as a gentle reading light, or as a backlit surface for tracing.
Purple and violet screens are a mainstay of RGB desk setups, gaming rooms and stream overlays, where a purple wash sets the mood without being as harsh as pure red or blue. Purple lights the red and blue sub-pixels together, so it also helps reveal a failing green sub-pixel.
As a test pattern, a flat lavender field makes a dead or stuck pixel jump out, and it exercises the red, green and blue sub-pixels.
#E6E6FA) — this is also the preview image shown when you share the page.How to use the lavender screen
The color is already set to Lavender (#E6E6FA). Tap Open full screen, or the preview, to fill your whole display with lavender; press Esc or tap again to exit. To keep a copy, pick a size — a bright color like this makes a great 1080 × 1920 phone light or a 3840 × 2160 TV fill — and tap Download PNG or JPG. The file is created in your browser and saved as lavender-screen-1920x1080.png, with no watermark. A flat lavender image compresses to a few kilobytes even at 4K.
Every resolution, aspect ratio and device tip (phones, TVs, projectors, second monitors) is in the full color screen guide.
Lavender screen color codes
The full-screen color and every download use exactly these values. Tap any row to copy it.
Contrast against white text 1.23:1 · against black text 17.06:1. See the full Lavender color page for harmonies, shades and tints, or open it in the color picker.
Colors that go with a lavender screen
Using two screens side by side, a split display or a lavender wallpaper with accents? These named colors sit in harmony with Lavender on the color wheel:
Build a full scheme from lavender in the color matcher or the palette generator, or blend it into another color with the gradient creator for a gradient wallpaper.
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The colors people reach for most often as a full-screen background or light:
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Lavender screen — FAQ
What is the hex code for a lavender screen?
A lavender screen uses the color Lavender, hex #E6E6FA — rgb(230, 230, 250). The full-screen view and every download use exactly that value, and lavender also works as a CSS color name.
How do I make my whole screen lavender?
Open this page and tap Open full screen (or tap the preview). Your browser fills the entire display with lavender and hides its own toolbars; press Esc or tap the screen to come back. To keep it, download it in 1080p, 4K or any size as a free PNG or JPG — no sign-up or watermark.
How bright is a lavender screen?
A lavender screen gives off about 80% of the light of a white screen at the same brightness setting, so it works well as a light source or fill light. About 38% of its light is blue (a white screen is 33%), which counts as moderate blue light.
What color text is easiest to read on a lavender screen?
Black text, with a contrast ratio of 17.1:1, which passes the WCAG guideline for normal text. Check any other pairing in the contrast checker.