Lavender

#c3b9da

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

Lavender falls in the purple range, light and soft. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Lavender color values

Every conversion for #c3b9da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c3b9da

RGB195, 185, 218

HSL258, 31%, 79%

HSV258, 15%, 85%

CMYK11%, 15%, 0%, 15%

Lab76.9, 9.85, -15.26

XYZ52.51, 51.36, 73.48

Decimal12827098

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone270 C

Shades of lavender

#aea1cd #9988c0 #8470b3 #7058a6 #5f4b8e #4f3e75 #3f315d #2e2445 #1e172c #0d0b14

Tints of lavender

#c8bfdd #cdc5e0 #d2cae3 #d7d0e6 #dcd6e9 #e1dcec #e6e2f0 #ebe8f3 #f0edf6 #f5f3f9

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#d0dab9 Analogous#b9bfda Analogous#d4b9da Triadic#dac3b9 Triadic#b9dac3 Split complementary#dad4b9 Split complementary#bfdab9

Lavender in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 11, 15, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c3b9da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 15 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 18 4 21

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 #c3b9da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c3b9da; }
.text { color: #c3b9da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c3b9da; }

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 #c3b9da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c3b9da 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 #c3b9da 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 #c3b9da 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 #c3b9da 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. 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.