Light purple

#aca1cb

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 soft 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 #aca1cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aca1cb

RGB172, 161, 203

HSL256, 29%, 71%

HSV256, 21%, 80%

CMYK15%, 21%, 0%, 20%

Lab68.44, 12.4, -20.01

XYZ40.54, 38.57, 61.81

Decimal11313611

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2705 C

Shades of light purple

#998cbf #8676b3 #7361a7 #645294 #55467f #473a6a #382f54 #2a233f #1c1729 #0d0b14

Tints of light purple

#b3a9d0 #bbb2d4 #c2bad9 #c9c2dd #d0cae2 #d8d3e6 #dfdbeb #e6e3f0 #eeebf4 #f5f4f9

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#c0cba1 Analogous#a1abcb Analogous#c1a1cb Triadic#cbaca1 Triadic#a1cbac Split complementary#cbc1a1 Split complementary#abcba1

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 15, 21, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aca1cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 21 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 23 4 26

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 #aca1cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aca1cb; }
.text { color: #aca1cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aca1cb; }

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 #aca1cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aca1cb 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 #aca1cb 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 #aca1cb 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 #aca1cb is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.