Light purple

#b59bee

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

This is Light purple, a strong purple at 259 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 #b59bee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b59bee

RGB181, 155, 238

HSL259, 71%, 77%

HSV259, 35%, 93%

CMYK24%, 35%, 0%, 7%

Lab69.07, 26.49, -38.25

XYZ46.21, 39.44, 86.07

Decimal11901934

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2705 C

Shades of light purple

#9e7ce9 #875de3 #703ede #5b24d4 #4e1fb5 #411a96 #331477 #260f58 #190a39 #0b041a

Tints of light purple

#bba3ef #c2acf1 #c8b4f2 #cebdf4 #d4c5f5 #dbcef7 #e1d6f8 #e7dffa #ede7fb #f4f0fc

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#d4ee9b Analogous#9baaee Analogous#df9bee Triadic#eeb59b Triadic#9beeb5 Split complementary#eedf9b Split complementary#aaee9b

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 24, 35, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b59bee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 35 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 36 4 13

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 #b59bee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b59bee; }
.text { color: #b59bee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b59bee; }

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 #b59bee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b59bee 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 #b59bee 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 #b59bee 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 #b59bee is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.