Light purple

#afa5c8

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

This is Light purple, a muted purple at 257 degrees. 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 #afa5c8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#afa5c8

RGB175, 165, 200

HSL257, 24%, 72%

HSV257, 17%, 78%

CMYK12%, 17%, 0%, 22%

Lab69.61, 10.5, -16.56

XYZ41.56, 40.19, 60.21

Decimal11511240

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone270 C

Shades of light purple

#9d90bb #8a7baf #7867a2 #685890 #594b7b #4a3e66 #3b3251 #2c253d #1d1828 #0e0c13

Tints of light purple

#b6adcd #bdb5d2 #c4bdd6 #cbc5db #d2cce0 #d9d4e5 #e0dcea #e7e4ef #eeecf3 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#bec8a5 Analogous#a5adc8 Analogous#c1a5c8 Triadic#c8afa5 Triadic#a5c8af Split complementary#c8c1a5 Split complementary#adc8a5

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 12, 17, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #afa5c8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 17 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 20 4 28

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 #afa5c8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #afa5c8; }
.text { color: #afa5c8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #afa5c8; }

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 #afa5c8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #afa5c8 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 #afa5c8 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 #afa5c8 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 #afa5c8 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. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.