Lavender

#bcb6cb

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for lavender, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Lavender falls in the purple range, light and muted. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Lavender color values

Every conversion for #bcb6cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcb6cb

RGB188, 182, 203

HSL257, 17%, 75%

HSV257, 10%, 80%

CMYK7%, 10%, 0%, 20%

Lab75.11, 6.12, -9.84

XYZ48.25, 48.46, 63.31

Decimal12367563

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone665 C

Shades of lavender

#a9a1bc #968dae #83789f #71658e #605679 #504865 #403950 #2f2a3b #1f1b27 #0e0d12

Tints of lavender

#c2bccf #c7c3d4 #cdc9d8 #d3cfdd #d9d5e1 #dedce6 #e4e2ea #eae8ef #f0eef3 #f5f5f8

Colors that go with lavender

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Lavender in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 7, 10, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcb6cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 10 0 20

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 13 4 26

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Lavender in css

Copy #bcb6cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcb6cb; }
.text { color: #bcb6cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcb6cb; }

How lavender looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Lavender and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bcb6cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcb6cb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Lavender on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bcb6cb sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around lavender? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn lavender into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bcb6cb and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from lavender, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #bcb6cb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.