Lavender

#eae3ff

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

Lavender falls in the purple range, pale and vivid. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Lavender color values

Every conversion for #eae3ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eae3ff

RGB234, 227, 255

HSL255, 100%, 95%

HSV255, 11%, 100%

CMYK8%, 11%, 0%, 0%

Lab91.53, 7.52, -12.7

XYZ79.45, 79.65, 105.79

Decimal15393791

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone263 C

Shades of lavender

#c8b6ff #a689ff #845cff #632eff #4101ff #3500d3 #2a00a6 #1e0079 #13004c #08001f

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#f8ffe3 Analogous#e3eaff Analogous#f8e3ff Triadic#ffeae3 Triadic#e3ffea Split complementary#fff8e3 Split complementary#eaffe3

Lavender in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 8, 11, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eae3ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 11 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 14 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 #eae3ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eae3ff; }
.text { color: #eae3ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eae3ff; }

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 #eae3ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eae3ff 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 #eae3ff 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 #eae3ff 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 #eae3ff 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.