Lavender

#e5ebfa

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

Lavender sits in the blue band, pale and strong. 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 #e5ebfa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e5ebfa

RGB229, 235, 250

HSL223, 68%, 94%

HSV223, 8%, 98%

CMYK8%, 6%, 0%, 2%

Lab93.0, 0.81, -7.93

XYZ79.28, 82.98, 102.28

Decimal15068154

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone656 C

Shades of lavender

#bfcef3 #9ab1ec #7494e4 #4f77dd #295ad6 #224bb0 #1b3b8a #132b65 #0c1b3f #050b1a

Tints of lavender

#e6ecfa #e7edfa #e8eefb #e9eefb #ebeffb #ecf0fb #edf1fb #eef2fc #eff3fc #f0f3fc

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#faf4e5 Analogous#e5f5fa Analogous#eae5fa Triadic#fae5eb Triadic#ebfae5 Split complementary#faeae5 Split complementary#f5fae5

Lavender in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 8, 6, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e5ebfa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 6 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 10 4 8

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 #e5ebfa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e5ebfa; }
.text { color: #e5ebfa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5ebfa; }

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 #e5ebfa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e5ebfa 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 #e5ebfa 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 #e5ebfa 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 #e5ebfa is computed, not guessed. 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.