Lavender

#bcb9cd

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

Lavender is a light blue that reads open. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Lavender color values

Every conversion for #bcb9cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcb9cd

RGB188, 185, 205

HSL249, 17%, 76%

HSV249, 10%, 80%

CMYK8%, 10%, 0%, 20%

Lab75.94, 4.9, -9.69

XYZ49.11, 49.8, 64.78

Decimal12368333

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone536 C

Shades of lavender

#a8a4be #948faf #807aa0 #6d6790 #5d587b #4d4966 #3d3a51 #2d2b3c #1d1c27 #0e0d12

Tints of lavender

#c2bfd1 #c7c5d6 #cdcbda #d3d1de #d9d7e2 #dedde7 #e4e3eb #eae9ef #efeff3 #f5f5f8

Colors that go with lavender

Complementary#cacdb9 Analogous#b9c0cd Analogous#c6b9cd Triadic#cdbcb9 Triadic#b9cdbc Split complementary#cdc6b9 Split complementary#c0cdb9

Lavender in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 8, 10, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcb9cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 10 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 13 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 #bcb9cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcb9cd; }
.text { color: #bcb9cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcb9cd; }

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 #bcb9cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcb9cd 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 #bcb9cd 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 #bcb9cd 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 #bcb9cd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.