Lavender

#ced9fe

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

This is Lavender, a vivid blue at 226 degrees. 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 #ced9fe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ced9fe
RGB206, 217, 254
HSL226, 96%, 90%
HSV226, 19%, 100%
CMYK19%, 15%, 0%, 0%
Lab86.95, 3.79, -19.25
XYZ68.16, 69.9, 103.67
Decimal13556222
Web safe#ccccff
Pantone657 C
Pantone657 CHex#ced9feRgb206 217 254Cmyk19 15 0 0Lab87 4 -19Darker#426cfbDeep#88a3fdLighter#e2e9fd

Shades of lavender

Tints of lavender

Colors that go with lavender

Lavender in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 19, 15, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ced9fe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
19 15 0 0
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
21 18 4 6
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 #ced9fe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ced9fe; }
.text { color: #ced9fe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ced9fe; }

How lavender looks on light and dark

Lavender and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ced9fe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.40:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
14.98:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ced9fe 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 #ced9fe sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #ced9fe and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #ced9fe 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.