Lavender

#c8c8db

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

This is Lavender, a muted blue at 240 degrees. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Lavender color values

Every conversion for #c8c8db, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8c8db

RGB200, 200, 219

HSL240, 21%, 82%

HSV240, 9%, 86%

CMYK9%, 9%, 0%, 14%

Lab81.13, 3.63, -9.43

XYZ57.26, 58.7, 75.33

Decimal13158619

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone2706 C

Shades of lavender

#b1b1cc #9999bc #8282ad #6a6a9e #595988 #4a4a70 #3a3a59 #2b2b41 #1b1b2a #0c0c12

Tints of lavender

#ccccde #d1d1e1 #d5d5e4 #dadae7 #dedee9 #e3e3ec #e7e7ef #ebebf2 #f0f0f5 #f4f4f8

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#dbdbc8 Analogous#c8d2db Analogous#d2c8db Triadic#dbc8c8 Triadic#c8dbc8 Split complementary#dbd2c8 Split complementary#d2dbc8

Lavender in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 9, 9, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8c8db on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 9 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 12 4 20

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 #c8c8db straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8c8db; }
.text { color: #c8c8db; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8c8db; }

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 #c8c8db against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8c8db 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 #c8c8db 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 #c8c8db 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

Here is how the numbers for #c8c8db are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.