Lavender

#dfdcf1

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

Lavender sits in the blue band, pale and soft. 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 #dfdcf1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfdcf1

RGB223, 220, 241

HSL249, 43%, 90%

HSV249, 9%, 95%

CMYK7%, 9%, 0%, 5%

Lab88.56, 4.92, -9.87

XYZ71.9, 73.23, 93.56

Decimal14671089

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2706 C

Shades of lavender

#c3bde5 #a79fd8 #8b80cc #6f61c0 #5546b0 #463a91 #372e72 #282153 #1a1535 #0b0916

Tints of lavender

#e1def2 #e3e0f3 #e5e3f4 #e7e5f5 #e9e7f5 #ebe9f6 #edecf7 #efeef8 #f1f0f9 #f3f2fa

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#eef1dc Analogous#dce4f1 Analogous#eadcf1 Triadic#f1dfdc Triadic#dcf1df Split complementary#f1eadc Split complementary#e4f1dc

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 7, 9, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfdcf1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 9 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 12 4 11

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 #dfdcf1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfdcf1; }
.text { color: #dfdcf1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfdcf1; }

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 #dfdcf1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfdcf1 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 #dfdcf1 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 #dfdcf1 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 #dfdcf1 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.