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Lilac (color)

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Lilac is a colour that is a pale shade of violet. It might also be described as light purple. The actual color of the flower of the some Lilac plants is a much deeper color, equivalent to the color shown below as deep lilac.

 

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[edit] Lilac

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

At right is displayed the color lilac.

[edit] Deep Lilac

Deep lilac
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #9955BB
RGBB (r, g, b) (153, 85, 187)
CMYKH (c, m, y, k) (42, 57, 0, 10)
HSV (h, s, v) (270°, 68%, 67%)
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color deep lilac, is displayed at right.

This deeper shade of lilac is the color usually described as lilac in Europe, as opposed to the paler color lilac shown above.

The source of this color is the German language Wikipedia article on the color violet, where it is described as lilac and is described as being a shade of violet.


[edit] Artistic Representation of Lilac


[edit] See also


  Shades of violet  
Amethyst Cerise Eggplant Fuchsia Heliotrope Indigo Lavender Lavender blush Lilac Magenta Mauve Mountbatten pink
                       
Orchid Persian indigo Purple Red-violet Sangria Thistle Violet Violet-eggplant Wisteria Rose Lavender rose Lavender gray
                       
Shades of violet without swatches
Iris Palatinate Purpure
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