Lavender

#cdc8fd

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

Lavender is a pale blue that reads airy. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Lavender color values

Every conversion for #cdc8fd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdc8fd

RGB205, 200, 253

HSL246, 93%, 89%

HSV246, 21%, 99%

CMYK19%, 21%, 0%, 1%

Lab82.58, 12.32, -25.36

XYZ63.56, 61.38, 101.43

Decimal13486333

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone270 C

Shades of lavender

#a89ffc #8376fa #5e4ef9 #3925f7 #1e08e9 #1907c1 #130698 #0e046f #090346 #04011e

Tints of lavender

#d0ccfd #d4d0fd #d7d3fd #dbd7fe #dedbfe #e2dffe #e5e2fe #e8e6fe #eceafe #efeefe

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#f8fdc8 Analogous#c8ddfd Analogous#e8c8fd Triadic#fdcdc8 Triadic#c8fdcd Split complementary#fde8c8 Split complementary#ddfdc8

Lavender in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 19, 21, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdc8fd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 21 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 23 4 7

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

Lavender in css

Copy #cdc8fd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdc8fd; }
.text { color: #cdc8fd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdc8fd; }

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 #cdc8fd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdc8fd 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 #cdc8fd 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 #cdc8fd 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 #cdc8fd 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.