Lavender

#cdc8ef

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

Lavender is a light blue that reads soft. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Lavender color values

Every conversion for #cdc8ef, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdc8ef

RGB205, 200, 239

HSL248, 55%, 86%

HSV248, 16%, 94%

CMYK14%, 16%, 0%, 6%

Lab82.12, 9.32, -18.6

XYZ61.41, 60.52, 90.11

Decimal13486319

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone270 C

Shades of lavender

#b0a8e6 #9389dd #7769d3 #5a49ca #4535b6 #392c96 #2d2377 #211957 #151037 #090718

Tints of lavender

#d1ccf0 #d4d0f1 #d8d4f3 #dcd8f4 #e0ddf5 #e3e1f6 #e7e5f7 #ebe9f9 #efedfa #f2f1fb

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#eaefc8 Analogous#c8d6ef Analogous#e1c8ef Triadic#efcdc8 Triadic#c8efcd Split complementary#efe1c8 Split complementary#d6efc8

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 14, 16, 0, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdc8ef on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 16 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 19 4 12

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 #cdc8ef straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdc8ef; }
.text { color: #cdc8ef; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdc8ef; }

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 #cdc8ef against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdc8ef 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 #cdc8ef 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 #cdc8ef 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 #cdc8ef 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. 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.