Lavender

#dcdce8

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. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Lavender color values

Every conversion for #dcdce8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dcdce8

RGB220, 220, 232

HSL240, 21%, 89%

HSV240, 5%, 91%

CMYK5%, 5%, 0%, 9%

Lab88.08, 2.22, -5.87

XYZ69.67, 72.23, 86.61

Decimal14474472

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2706 C

Shades of lavender

#c3c3d7 #a9a9c7 #9090b6 #7676a5 #606092 #4f4f78 #3e3e5f #2e2e45 #1d1d2c #0c0c12

Tints of lavender

#dedeea #e1e1eb #e3e3ed #e6e6ee #e8e8f0 #ebebf2 #ededf3 #efeff5 #f2f2f6 #f4f4f8

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#e8e8dc Analogous#dce2e8 Analogous#e2dce8 Triadic#e8dcdc Triadic#dce8dc Split complementary#e8e2dc Split complementary#e2e8dc

Lavender in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 5, 5, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dcdce8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 5 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 9 4 15

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 #dcdce8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dcdce8; }
.text { color: #dcdce8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dcdce8; }

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 #dcdce8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dcdce8 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 #dcdce8 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 #dcdce8 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 #dcdce8 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 coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.