To mix lavender (#B9A7D6) in oil, use 84% Titanium White, 12% Ultramarine Blue and 4% Alizarin Crimson. Chromilla's model predicts a 91% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out. Chromilla is a web-based paint color mixer that turns any color, from a photo, the camera or a hex code, into exact paint-tube ratios for acrylic, oil and watercolor, using Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing and aiming at the color after it dries.
Target
Lavender
#B9A7D6
Predicted dry result
91% match when dryMix to #B0A6CB. It dries true to color.
| Paint | Pigment | Share | 100 ml batch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium White | PW6 | 84% | 84 ml |
| Ultramarine Blue | PB29 | 12% | 12 ml |
| Alizarin Crimson | PR83 | 4% | 4 ml |
How we calculated this: Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing, then a per-medium dry shift, scored with CIEDE2000. Method and accuracy benchmark. Last checked August 2026.
Terms used here: Tinting strength, Dry shift, Kubelka-Munk, Delta E (dE2000), Pigment code, Gamut.
A soft, pale purple lavender. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #B9A7D6 in oil, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.
Checked August 2026
Ratios calibrated for oil. Start with the dominant pigment, add the modifiers in the order below, and adjust in 5% steps to your target swatch.
1. Titanium White
PW6
2. Ultramarine Blue
PB29
3. Alizarin Crimson
PR83
Titanium White, Ultramarine Blue, and Alizarin Crimson, in roughly a 84:12:4 ratio.
Start with Titanium White at about 84% as your oil base, then work in Ultramarine Blue and Alizarin Crimson in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #B9A7D6.
Mixing Lavender yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Lavender across paint brands whose factory tubes differ, and rebuild the exact color when you run out mid painting. The recipe above is the working starting point.
White cools and chalks a mix as you add it, so tint in small steps and stop before it goes pastel.
Each variation is its own target (lighter and darker move OKLCH lightness by 0.08; warmer and cooler turn the hue 12 degrees toward red or blue), solved fresh.
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Not a confident recipe: the closest mix is 91% Titanium White, 6% Ultramarine Blue and 3% Alizarin Crimson, and chromilla's model predicts an 84% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
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9 parts Titanium White, 2 parts Ultramarine Blue and 1 part Alizarin Crimson. Chromilla's model predicts a 97% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
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85% Titanium White, 9% Ultramarine Blue and 6% Alizarin Crimson. Chromilla's model predicts a 93% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
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83% Titanium White, 14% Ultramarine Blue and 3% Alizarin Crimson. Chromilla's model predicts a 94% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
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