Hex triplet #C8A2C8 CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 19, 0, 22) | sRGB (r, g, b) (200, 162, 200) HSV (h, s, v) (300°, 19%, 78%) | |
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Similar Lavender (color), Violet (color), Purple | ||
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.
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The first recorded use of lilac as an English color name was in 1775.
Pale lilac
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).
Bright lilac
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
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
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.