Lavender

#bbb9cc

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

Lavender sits in the blue band, light and muted. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Lavender color values

Every conversion for #bbb9cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbb9cc

RGB187, 185, 204

HSL246, 16%, 76%

HSV246, 9%, 80%

CMYK8%, 9%, 0%, 20%

Lab75.84, 4.36, -9.31

XYZ48.74, 49.62, 64.14

Decimal12302796

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone536 C

Shades of lavender

#a7a4bd #9390ae #7f7b9f #6c688e #5c5879 #4c4965 #3c3a50 #2d2b3b #1d1c26 #0d0d12

Tints of lavender

#c1bfd0 #c7c5d5 #cccbd9 #d2d1dd #d8d7e2 #dedde6 #e4e3ea #e9e9ef #efeff3 #f5f5f7

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#caccb9 Analogous#b9c1cc Analogous#c4b9cc Triadic#ccbbb9 Triadic#b9ccbb Split complementary#ccc4b9 Split complementary#c1ccb9

Lavender in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 8, 9, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbb9cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 9 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 12 4 26

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 #bbb9cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbb9cc; }
.text { color: #bbb9cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbb9cc; }

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 #bbb9cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbb9cc 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 #bbb9cc 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 #bbb9cc 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

Every value on this page for #bbb9cc is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.