Lavender

#c2bdcd

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. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Lavender color values

Every conversion for #c2bdcd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c2bdcd

RGB194, 189, 205

HSL259, 14%, 77%

HSV259, 8%, 80%

CMYK5%, 8%, 0%, 20%

Lab77.44, 4.76, -7.41

XYZ51.47, 52.27, 65.13

Decimal12762573

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone2706 C

Shades of lavender

#afa8bd #9c94ae #897f9e #766b8d #655c79 #534c64 #423c4f #312d3b #201d26 #0f0d11

Tints of lavender

#c7c3d1 #ccc8d5 #d1ceda #d7d3de #dcd9e2 #e1dfe6 #e6e4eb #ebeaef #f0eff3 #f6f5f7

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#c8cdbd Analogous#bdc0cd Analogous#cabdcd Triadic#cdc2bd Triadic#bdcdc2 Split complementary#cdcabd Split complementary#c0cdbd

Lavender in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 5, 8, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c2bdcd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 8 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 11 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 #c2bdcd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c2bdcd; }
.text { color: #c2bdcd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c2bdcd; }

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 #c2bdcd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c2bdcd 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 #c2bdcd 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 #c2bdcd 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

Every value on this page for #c2bdcd is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.