Light purple

#b596dd

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 relaxed 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 #b596dd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b596dd

RGB181, 150, 221

HSL266, 51%, 73%

HSV266, 32%, 87%

CMYK18%, 32%, 0%, 13%

Lab67.17, 25.39, -31.85

XYZ43.01, 36.86, 73.25

Decimal11900637

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of light purple

#a37cd5 #9163cc #7f49c4 #6e39b1 #5e3198 #4e297e #3e2064 #2e184b #1e1031 #0e0717

Tints of light purple

#bb9fe0 #c2a8e3 #c8b1e6 #cfbbe9 #d5c4ec #dccdef #e2d6f2 #e9dff5 #efe8f8 #f5f2fb

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#bedd96 Analogous#969bdd Analogous#d896dd Triadic#ddb596 Triadic#96ddb5 Split complementary#ddd896 Split complementary#9bdd96

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 18, 32, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b596dd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 32 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 33 4 19

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 #b596dd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b596dd; }
.text { color: #b596dd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b596dd; }

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 #b596dd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b596dd 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 #b596dd 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 #b596dd 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 #b596dd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.