Photo in the color Lavender gray
Pictured: Lavender gray
rgb(196, 195, 208)
#C4C3D0

Lavender Gray #C4C3D0 RGB Color Code

Lavender Gray (#C4C3D0) is a light neutral gray. In RGB it is made of 77% red, 76% green and 82% blue (R 196, G 195, B 208). The blue channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 245°, 12% saturation and 79% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.553, so black text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 6% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 18% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a neutral color. It goes well with warm oranges and reds for contrast. For a calm, matching look, use nearby cool tones.

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Lavender Gray color codes

#C4C3D0 in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.

FormatValueNotesCopy
HEX #C4C3D0 Valid CSS
RGB rgb(196, 195, 208) Valid CSS
HSL hsl(245, 12%, 79%) Valid CSS
HSV / HSB hsv(245, 6%, 82%) Not a CSS format
HWB hwb(245 76% 18%) Valid CSS
CMYK cmyk(6%, 6%, 0%, 18%) Approximate (no ICC profile)
OKLCH oklch(82.19% 0.018 289.54) Valid CSS
OKLab oklab(82.19% 0.006 -0.017) Valid CSS
CIELAB lab(79.17% 2.19 -6.4) D50, as in CSS
CIELCH lch(79.17% 6.76 288.93) Valid CSS
Display P3 color(display-p3 0.7679 0.7648 0.8114) Valid CSS
XYZ (D65) color(xyz-d65 0.5366 0.5532 0.6753) Valid CSS
Decimal 12895184 Integer (0xRRGGBB)

CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.5532. Nearest web-safe color: #CCCCCC.

Mix Lavender Gray with other colors

See what #C4C3D0 makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.

PaintLavender Gray and red paintOpen in the color mixer
LightLavender Gray and green lightOpen in the color mixer
PrintLavender Gray and cyan inkOpen in the color mixer
DigitalLavender Gray blended with blueOpen in the color mixer

Use Lavender Gray in your code

Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.

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CSS variable--lavender-gray: #C4C3D0;
Sass variable$lavender-gray: #C4C3D0;
Tailwind CSS v4@theme { --color-lavender-gray: #C4C3D0; }
Tailwind CSS v3 configcolors: { 'lavender-gray': '#C4C3D0' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.769, green: 0.765, blue: 0.816)
UIKitUIColor(red: 0.769, green: 0.765, blue: 0.816, alpha: 1)
Android XML<color name="lavender_gray">#FFC4C3D0</color>
Flutter and Jetpack ComposeColor(0xFFC4C3D0)

Accessibility and contrast

Black text works best on #C4C3D0 (12.06:1, AAA). Here is how #C4C3D0 does as a text color:

Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
1.74:1 on white
APCA Lc 32
Fails AATry #777681
Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
12.06:1 on black
APCA Lc -71
AAA

Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.

How people with color blindness see Lavender Gray

#C4C3D0 next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.

  • Normal visionhow most people see it
  • Protanopiano red cones, about 1% of men
  • Deuteranopiano green cones, the most common type
  • Tritanopiano blue cones, very rare
  • Achromatopsiano color at all, very rare

#C4C3D0 has almost no hue, so it looks much the same with every type of color blindness. Only its lightness counts. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.

About the color Lavender Gray

One of the old lavenders

Lavender gray is a pale gray with a faint blue and purple cast. Maerz and Paul's A Dictionary of Color of 1930 treats it as one of three main kinds of lavender. The other two are lavender blue and floral lavender. The same book also lists old lavender, a darker gray version.

Where #C4C3D0 comes from

The code follows the ISCC-NBS color system, which calls this shade a light bluish gray. It appears in the Wikipedia article on lavender, which also points to a close Prismacolor pencil called Greyed Lavender. Compare it with old lavender and lavender blue. The CSS keyword lavender is much paler and has less gray in it.

Lavender Gray in a user interface

A sample app screen with #C4C3D0 as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.

Light theme

Dark theme

Buttons and bars use #C4C3D0 as it is. On the light theme, #C4C3D0 is too hard to read as text (1.74:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #777681 there (4.47:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.

Color harmonies for Lavender Gray

These schemes turn the hue of #C4C3D0 around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.

Complementary

Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.

Open palette
this#C4C3D0#CFD0C3

Analogous

Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.

Open palette
#C3C9D0this#C4C3D0#CBC3D0

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.

Open palette
this#C4C3D0#D0C4C3#C3D0C4

Split complementary

A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.

Open palette
this#C4C3D0#D0CBC3#C9D0C3

Tetradic (rectangle)

Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.

Open palette
this#C4C3D0#D0C3CF#CFD0C3#C3D0C4

Square

Four hues 90° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.

Open palette
this#C4C3D0#D0C3C9#CFD0C3#C3D0CB

Monochromatic

One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.

Open palette
#2E2D39#535168#797795#A7A6B9#D5D4DD

Gradients with Lavender Gray

Four CSS gradients made from #C4C3D0. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.

Soft tint

From a pale tint to the full color.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #F3F3F5, #C4C3D0);

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Deep shade

The color fading into a dark shade.

background: linear-gradient(180deg, #C4C3D0, #353439);

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Analogous

Its two neighbors on the color wheel.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #C3C9D0, #C4C3D0, #CBC3D0);

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Triadic

A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #C4C3D0, #CAC4CA, #D0C4C3);

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Shades, tints and tones of Lavender Gray

Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.

Design system scale (50 to 950)

Lavender Gray sits at step 300. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.

  1. 50
    F6F6FB
  2. 100
    ECECF2
  3. 200
    DADAE2
  4. 300
    C4C3D0
  5. 400
    A2A1AD
  6. 500
    868591
  7. 600
    6B6A76
  8. 700
    55545E
  9. 800
    42414A
  10. 900
    302F36
  11. 950
    1D1C20

Closest RAL, Tailwind and CSS colors

The nearest match to #C4C3D0 in three color systems that designers and builders use.

RAL ClassicRAL 7035 Light grey#CBD0CC, very close (ΔE 3.9)Tailwind CSSslate-300 #CBD5E1, very close (ΔE 4.9)CSS color namessilver #C0C0C0, very close (ΔE 2.3)

ΔE is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.

The named colors that look closest to this one (ΔE in OKLab). Browse all shades of gray or search the color library.