Light purple

#b0a5cd

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. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Light purple color values

Every conversion for #b0a5cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b0a5cd

RGB176, 165, 205

HSL256, 29%, 73%

HSV256, 20%, 80%

CMYK14%, 20%, 0%, 20%

Lab69.86, 11.9, -18.93

XYZ42.38, 40.55, 63.35

Decimal11576781

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone270 C

Shades of light purple

#9d8fc1 #8a79b5 #7764a9 #665497 #574881 #483b6b #3a2f55 #2b233f #1c1729 #0d0b14

Tints of light purple

#b7add1 #beb5d6 #c5bdda #ccc4de #d2cce3 #d9d4e7 #e0dcec #e7e4f0 #eeecf4 #f5f4f9

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#c2cda5 Analogous#a5aecd Analogous#c4a5cd Triadic#cdb0a5 Triadic#a5cdb0 Split complementary#cdc4a5 Split complementary#aecda5

Light purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 14, 20, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b0a5cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 20 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 22 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 #b0a5cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b0a5cd; }
.text { color: #b0a5cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b0a5cd; }

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 #b0a5cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b0a5cd 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 #b0a5cd 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 #b0a5cd 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 #b0a5cd is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.