Light purple

#b8a3dd

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 #b8a3dd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b8a3dd

RGB184, 163, 221

HSL262, 46%, 75%

HSV262, 26%, 87%

CMYK17%, 26%, 0%, 13%

Lab70.6, 19.06, -26.55

XYZ45.92, 41.61, 74.02

Decimal12100573

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2705 C

Shades of light purple

#a489d3 #906fca #7c56c0 #6a41b1 #5a3897 #4b2e7e #3c2564 #2c1b4a #1d1230 #0d0816

Tints of light purple

#beabe0 #c4b3e3 #cabbe6 #d0c3e9 #d6caec #ddd2ef #e3daf1 #e9e2f4 #efeaf7 #f5f2fa

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#c8dda3 Analogous#a3abdd Analogous#d5a3dd Triadic#ddb8a3 Triadic#a3ddb8 Split complementary#ddd5a3 Split complementary#abdda3

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 17, 26, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b8a3dd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 26 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 28 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light purple in css

Copy #b8a3dd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b8a3dd; }
.text { color: #b8a3dd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b8a3dd; }

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 #b8a3dd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b8a3dd 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 #b8a3dd 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 #b8a3dd 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 #b8a3dd 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.