Lavender

#c4bed8

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 relaxed. 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 #c4bed8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c4bed8

RGB196, 190, 216

HSL254, 25%, 80%

HSV254, 12%, 85%

CMYK9%, 12%, 0%, 15%

Lab78.18, 7.07, -12.24

XYZ53.57, 53.52, 72.47

Decimal12893912

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone270 C

Shades of lavender

#afa7ca #998fbc #8478ae #6f60a0 #5e5288 #4e4471 #3e365a #2e2842 #1d1a2b #0d0b13

Tints of lavender

#cec9de #d8d4e5 #e1deeb #e6e4ef #f0eef5 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#d2d8be Analogous#bec5d8 Analogous#d1bed8 Triadic#d8c4be Triadic#bed8c4 Split complementary#d8d1be Split complementary#c5d8be

Lavender in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 9, 12, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c4bed8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 12 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 15 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Lavender in css

Copy #c4bed8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c4bed8; }
.text { color: #c4bed8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c4bed8; }

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 #c4bed8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c4bed8 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 #c4bed8 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 #c4bed8 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 #c4bed8 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.