Lavender

#dfdcee

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

Lavender is a pale blue that reads quiet. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Lavender color values

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

Hex#dfdcee

RGB223, 220, 238

HSL250, 35%, 90%

HSV250, 8%, 93%

CMYK6%, 8%, 0%, 7%

Lab88.47, 4.34, -8.42

XYZ71.46, 73.05, 91.22

Decimal14671086

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2706 C

Shades of lavender

#c5bfe0 #aaa2d2 #9086c4 #7669b6 #5e50a4 #4e4288 #3d346b #2d264e #1c1831 #0c0a15

Tints of lavender

#e1deef #e3e1f0 #e5e3f1 #e7e5f2 #eae7f4 #eceaf5 #eeecf6 #f0eef7 #f2f1f8 #f4f3f9

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#ebeedc Analogous#dce2ee Analogous#e8dcee Triadic#eedfdc Triadic#dceedf Split complementary#eee8dc Split complementary#e2eedc

Lavender in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 6, 8, 0, 7.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 8 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 11 4 13

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 #dfdcee straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfdcee 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 #dfdcee 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 #dfdcee 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 #dfdcee come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.