Lavender

#cac0ed

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 soft. 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 #cac0ed, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cac0ed

RGB202, 192, 237

HSL253, 56%, 84%

HSV253, 19%, 93%

CMYK15%, 19%, 0%, 7%

Lab79.82, 12.26, -21.02

XYZ58.49, 56.37, 87.92

Decimal13287661

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone270 C

Shades of lavender

#b0a1e4 #9682db #7c63d2 #6244ca #4f33b3 #422a94 #342175 #261956 #181037 #0b0718

Tints of lavender

#cec5ee #d6cff1 #dfd9f4 #e7e2f7 #ebe7f8 #efecfa #f3f1fb

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#e3edc0 Analogous#c0cced Analogous#e1c0ed Triadic#edcac0 Triadic#c0edca Split complementary#ede1c0 Split complementary#ccedc0

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 15, 19, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cac0ed on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 19 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 21 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 #cac0ed straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cac0ed; }
.text { color: #cac0ed; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cac0ed; }

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 #cac0ed against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cac0ed 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 #cac0ed 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 #cac0ed 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 #cac0ed is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.