Light purple

#aa99da

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

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

Light purple color values

Every conversion for #aa99da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa99da

RGB170, 153, 218

HSL256, 47%, 73%

HSV256, 30%, 85%

CMYK22%, 30%, 0%, 15%

Lab66.82, 19.66, -30.82

XYZ40.62, 36.39, 71.21

Decimal11180506

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2705 C

Shades of light purple

#9580d1 #8067c8 #6c4ebf #5b3fac #4e3593 #412c7a #342361 #261a48 #19112f #0c0816

Tints of light purple

#b1a2dd #b9abe0 #c0b4e4 #c8bde7 #cfc5ea #d6ceed #ded7f1 #e5e0f4 #ede9f7 #f4f2fa

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#c9da99 Analogous#99a8da Analogous#cb99da Triadic#daaa99 Triadic#99daaa Split complementary#dacb99 Split complementary#a8da99

Light purple in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 22, 30, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa99da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 30 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 32 4 21

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.

Light purple in css

Copy #aa99da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa99da; }
.text { color: #aa99da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa99da; }

How light purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #aa99da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa99da 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 #aa99da sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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 #aa99da 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 light purple, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #aa99da 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.