Light purple

#aa99df

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 #aa99df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa99df

RGB170, 153, 223

HSL255, 52%, 74%

HSV255, 31%, 87%

CMYK24%, 31%, 0%, 13%

Lab67.02, 20.84, -33.27

XYZ41.29, 36.66, 74.71

Decimal11180511

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2716 C

Shades of light purple

#947fd7 #7e64cf #684ac6 #5739b5 #4a319b #3e2880 #312066 #24184c #181032 #0b0717

Tints of light purple

#b1a2e2 #b9abe5 #c0b4e7 #c7bcea #cfc5ed #d6cef0 #ded7f2 #e5e0f5 #ece9f8 #f4f1fb

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#cedf99 Analogous#99abdf Analogous#cd99df Triadic#dfaa99 Triadic#99dfaa Split complementary#dfcd99 Split complementary#abdf99

Light purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 24, 31, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa99df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 31 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 33 4 19

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 #aa99df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa99df; }
.text { color: #aa99df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa99df; }

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 #aa99df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa99df 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 #aa99df 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 #aa99df 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

The figures for #aa99df 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.