Lavender

#bcb8cf

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 open. 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 #bcb8cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcb8cf

RGB188, 184, 207

HSL250, 19%, 77%

HSV250, 11%, 81%

CMYK9%, 11%, 0%, 19%

Lab75.75, 5.84, -11.07

XYZ49.14, 49.48, 65.99

Decimal12368079

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone270 C

Shades of lavender

#a8a2c0 #938db2 #7f77a3 #6c6493 #5c557e #4c4668 #3d3853 #2d293d #1d1b28 #0d0c12

Tints of lavender

#c2bed3 #c7c4d7 #cdcadb #d3d0df #d8d6e3 #dedce7 #eae8f0 #efeef4 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with lavender

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Lavender in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 9, 11, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcb8cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 11 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 14 4 25

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Lavender in css

Copy #bcb8cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcb8cf; }
.text { color: #bcb8cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcb8cf; }

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 #bcb8cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcb8cf against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Lavender on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bcb8cf 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn lavender into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bcb8cf 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 #bcb8cf is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.