Light purple

#ab96d2

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 #ab96d2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab96d2

RGB171, 150, 210

HSL261, 40%, 71%

HSV261, 29%, 82%

CMYK19%, 29%, 0%, 18%

Lab65.84, 19.82, -27.87

XYZ39.33, 35.12, 65.68

Decimal11245266

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2705 C

Shades of light purple

#997fc8 #8668be #7451b4 #6444a0 #563b89 #473172 #39275b #2a1d44 #1c132c #0d0915

Tints of light purple

#b29fd6 #baa9da #c1b2de #c9bbe2 #d0c4e6 #d7ceea #dfd7ee #e6e0f2 #eee9f6 #f5f3fa

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#bdd296 Analogous#969fd2 Analogous#c996d2 Triadic#d2ab96 Triadic#96d2ab Split complementary#d2c996 Split complementary#9fd296

Light purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 19, 29, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab96d2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 29 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 31 4 24

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.

Light purple in css

Copy #ab96d2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab96d2; }
.text { color: #ab96d2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab96d2; }

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 #ab96d2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab96d2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ab96d2 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ab96d2 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 #ab96d2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.