Lavender

#b9b6cb

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

Lavender sits in the blue band, light and muted. 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 #b9b6cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b9b6cb

RGB185, 182, 203

HSL249, 17%, 75%

HSV249, 10%, 80%

CMYK9%, 10%, 0%, 20%

Lab74.88, 5.12, -10.22

XYZ47.52, 48.08, 63.28

Decimal12170955

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone536 C

Shades of lavender

#a5a1bc #918dae #7d789f #6b658e #5b5679 #4c4865 #3c3950 #2d2a3b #1d1b27 #0d0d12

Tints of lavender

#bfbccf #c5c3d4 #cbc9d8 #d1cfdd #d7d5e1 #dddce6 #e3e2ea #e9e8ef #efeef3 #f5f5f8

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#c8cbb6 Analogous#b6becb Analogous#c3b6cb Triadic#cbb9b6 Triadic#b6cbb9 Split complementary#cbc3b6 Split complementary#becbb6

Lavender in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 9, 10, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b9b6cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 10 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 13 4 26

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 #b9b6cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b9b6cb; }
.text { color: #b9b6cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b9b6cb; }

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 #b9b6cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b9b6cb 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 #b9b6cb 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 #b9b6cb 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 #b9b6cb is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.