Light purple

Light purple color values

Every conversion for #a496cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Shades of light purple

Tints of light purple

Colors that go with light purple

Light purple in print

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a496cd on both.

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.

Light purple in css

Copy #a496cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a496cd; }
.text { color: #a496cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a496cd; }

How light purple looks on light and dark

Light purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a496cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a496cd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a496cd sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Building a full palette around light purple? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a496cd and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

How we calculate these values