Light purple

#ac98ce

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

Light purple is a light purple with a open cast. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Light purple color values

Every conversion for #ac98ce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ac98ce
RGB172, 152, 206
HSL262, 36%, 70%
HSV262, 26%, 81%
CMYK17%, 26%, 0%, 19%
Lab66.28, 18.11, -24.98
XYZ39.38, 35.68, 63.2
Decimal11311310
Web safe#9999cc
Pantone2705 C
Pantone2705 CHex#ac98ceRgb172 152 206Cmyk17 26 0 19Lab66 18 -25Darker#624592Deep#8568b7Lighter#d3cae4

Shades of light purple

Tints of light purple

Colors that go with light purple

Light purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 17, 26, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ac98ce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
17 26 0 19
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
20 28 4 25
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 #ac98ce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ac98ce; }
.text { color: #ac98ce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ac98ce; }

How light purple looks on light and dark

Light purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ac98ce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.58:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.14:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ac98ce 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 #ac98ce sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #ac98ce and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from light purple, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #ac98ce is computed, not guessed. 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.