Lavender

#cdbfea

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

Lavender is a light purple with a open cast. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Lavender color values

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

Hex#cdbfea

RGB205, 191, 234

HSL260, 51%, 83%

HSV260, 18%, 92%

CMYK12%, 18%, 0%, 8%

Lab79.72, 13.13, -19.55

XYZ58.66, 56.18, 85.59

Decimal13484010

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone270 C

Shades of lavender

#b6a1e0 #9f84d7 #8766cd #7048c3 #5e38ac #4e2f8e #3d2570 #2d1b52 #1d1135 #0d0817

Tints of lavender

#d5c9ed #ddd3f1 #e1d8f2 #e5ddf4 #e9e2f6 #ede7f7 #f1edf9 #f5f2fb

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#dceabf Analogous#bfc6ea Analogous#e3bfea Triadic#eacdbf Triadic#bfeacd Split complementary#eae3bf Split complementary#c6eabf

Lavender in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 12, 18, 0, 8.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 18 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 21 4 14

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 #cdbfea straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdbfea 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 #cdbfea 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 #cdbfea 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 #cdbfea is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.