Lavender

#ced9fc

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 #ced9fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ced9fc

RGB206, 217, 252

HSL226, 88%, 90%

HSV226, 18%, 99%

CMYK18%, 14%, 0%, 1%

Lab86.89, 3.36, -18.3

XYZ67.84, 69.78, 101.99

Decimal13556220

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone657 C

Shades of lavender

#a6bafa #7d9bf7 #557bf5 #2d5cf2 #0e42e6 #0c36be #092b96 #071f6d #041445 #02081d

Tints of lavender

#d4defc #dbe3fd #e1e8fd #e8edfe #eef2fe

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#fcf1ce Analogous#cef0fc Analogous#dacefc Triadic#fcced9 Triadic#d9fcce Split complementary#fcdace Split complementary#f0fcce

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 18, 14, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ced9fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 14 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 17 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Lavender in css

Copy #ced9fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ced9fc; }
.text { color: #ced9fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ced9fc; }

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 #ced9fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ced9fc 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 #ced9fc 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 #ced9fc 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 #ced9fc 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.