Lilac (color)

Lilac (color)
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For lilac, the plant, see syringa.

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

Lilac (#C8A2C8)

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1 Lilac
2 Deep Lilac
3 Lilac in human culture
4 See also

Lilac

Lilac
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#C8A2C8
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(200, 162, 200)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(300°, 19%, 78%)
Source		^Unsourced
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color lilac.

Sophie Gengembre Anderson: The Time Of The Lilacs.

Deep Lilac

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Deep Lilac
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#9955BB
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(153, 85, 187)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(270°, 68%, 67%)
Source		^Unsourced
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.

Lilac in human culture

Academic dress

In academic dress, lilac symbolizes a doctoral degree in dentistry.

Sexuality

The color lilac is often associated with lesbianism.

Vexillology

In the Hispanic flag, the three maltese crosses that represent the three ships of Columbus are colored deep lilac.

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Lilac

Deep Lilac

Lilac in human culture

See also