Lavender

#cbcbfa

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

This is Lavender, a vivid blue at 240 degrees. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Lavender color values

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

Hex#cbcbfa

RGB203, 203, 250

HSL240, 82%, 89%

HSV240, 19%, 98%

CMYK19%, 19%, 0%, 2%

Lab83.08, 9.44, -23.02

XYZ63.24, 62.31, 99.14

Decimal13356026

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2708 C

Shades of lavender

#a4a4f6 #7e7ef3 #5757ef #3131eb #1515dd #1212b6 #0e0e90 #0a0a69 #060642 #03031c

Tints of lavender

#d2d2fb #d9d9fb #e0e0fc #e4e4fc #ebebfd #efeffd

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#fafacb Analogous#cbe2fa Analogous#e2cbfa Triadic#facbcb Triadic#cbfacb Split complementary#fae3cb Split complementary#e3facb

Lavender in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 19, 19, 0, 2.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 19 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 21 4 8

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #cbcbfa straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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

Here is how the numbers for #cbcbfa are worked out. 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.