Lavender

#c7cbec

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 #c7cbec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c7cbec

RGB199, 203, 236

HSL234, 49%, 85%

HSV234, 16%, 93%

CMYK16%, 14%, 0%, 7%

Lab82.33, 5.2, -16.72

XYZ60.05, 60.91, 87.95

Decimal13093868

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone657 C

Shades of lavender

#a9afe2 #8b93d8 #6c77cd #4e5bc3 #3b47ae #313b90 #262f71 #1c2253 #121635 #080917

Tints of lavender

#d0d3ef #d8dbf2 #e1e3f5 #e9ebf8 #edeff9 #f2f3fa

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#ece8c7 Analogous#c7deec Analogous#d6c7ec Triadic#ecc7cb Triadic#cbecc7 Split complementary#ecd6c7 Split complementary#deecc7

Lavender in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 16, 14, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c7cbec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 14 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 17 4 13

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 #c7cbec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c7cbec; }
.text { color: #c7cbec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c7cbec; }

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 #c7cbec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c7cbec 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 #c7cbec 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 #c7cbec 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 #c7cbec 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.