Lavender

#cdc8d2

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

This is Lavender, a grey purple at 270 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Lavender color values

Every conversion for #cdc8d2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdc8d2

RGB205, 200, 210

HSL270, 10%, 80%

HSV270, 5%, 82%

CMYK2%, 5%, 0%, 18%

Lab81.26, 3.57, -4.37

XYZ57.46, 58.94, 69.32

Decimal13486290

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone2706 C

Shades of lavender

#bab3c1 #a79eb0 #94899f #81758e #6e6379 #5b5264 #48414f #35303b #221f26 #0f0e11

Tints of lavender

#d1cdd6 #d5d1d9 #d9d6dd #dddae1 #e2dfe4 #e6e3e8 #eae8ec #eeecf0 #f2f1f3 #f6f5f7

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#cdd2c8 Analogous#c8c8d2 Analogous#d2c8d2 Triadic#d2cdc8 Triadic#c8d2cd Split complementary#d2d2c8 Split complementary#c8d2c8

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 2, 5, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdc8d2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 5 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 9 4 24

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Lavender in css

Copy #cdc8d2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdc8d2; }
.text { color: #cdc8d2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdc8d2; }

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 #cdc8d2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdc8d2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Lavender on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cdc8d2 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn lavender into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cdc8d2 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 #cdc8d2 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.