Lavender

#d8cdff

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Lavender color values

Every conversion for #d8cdff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d8cdff

RGB216, 205, 255

HSL253, 100%, 90%

HSV253, 20%, 100%

CMYK15%, 20%, 0%, 0%

Lab84.73, 13.44, -23.07

XYZ68.2, 65.48, 103.65

Decimal14208511

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone270 C

Shades of lavender

#b7a2ff #9577ff #744cff #5221ff #3600f5 #2d00ca #23009f #1a0074 #10004a #07001f

Tints of lavender

#ddd3ff #e2daff #e7e0ff #eae4ff #efeaff

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#f4ffcd Analogous#cddbff Analogous#f1cdff Triadic#ffd8cd Triadic#cdffd8 Split complementary#fff1cd Split complementary#dbffcd

Lavender in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 15, 20, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d8cdff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 20 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 22 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 #d8cdff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d8cdff; }
.text { color: #d8cdff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d8cdff; }

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 #d8cdff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d8cdff 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 #d8cdff 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 #d8cdff 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

Here is how the numbers for #d8cdff are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.