Lavender

#cec8ee

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

Lavender sits in the blue band, light and 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 #cec8ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cec8ee

RGB206, 200, 238

HSL249, 53%, 86%

HSV249, 16%, 93%

CMYK13%, 16%, 0%, 7%

Lab82.17, 9.43, -17.99

XYZ61.54, 60.6, 89.34

Decimal13551854

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone270 C

Shades of lavender

#b2a9e4 #978adb #7b6bd1 #5f4cc8 #4b37b3 #3e2e94 #312475 #241a56 #171136 #0a0717

Tints of lavender

#d2ccef #d5d0f1 #d9d4f2 #ddd9f3 #e0ddf4 #e4e1f6 #e8e5f7 #ebe9f8 #efedfa #f3f1fb

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#e8eec8 Analogous#c8d5ee Analogous#e1c8ee Triadic#eecec8 Triadic#c8eece Split complementary#eee1c8 Split complementary#d5eec8

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 13, 16, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cec8ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 16 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 19 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Lavender in css

Copy #cec8ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cec8ee; }
.text { color: #cec8ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cec8ee; }

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 #cec8ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cec8ee 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 #cec8ee 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 #cec8ee 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 #cec8ee 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. 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.