Light purple

#b8a4ce

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

Light purple falls in the purple range, light and soft. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Light purple color values

Every conversion for #b8a4ce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b8a4ce

RGB184, 164, 206

HSL269, 30%, 73%

HSV269, 20%, 81%

CMYK11%, 20%, 0%, 19%

Lab70.31, 15.28, -18.73

XYZ44.18, 41.2, 64.02

Decimal12100814

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone264 C

Shades of light purple

#a78ec2 #9678b6 #8462aa #735298 #634682 #523a6c #412e56 #312240 #20172a #0f0b14

Tints of light purple

#beacd2 #c4b4d7 #cbbcdb #d1c4df #d7cce3 #ddd4e8 #e3dcec #eae4f0 #f0ebf4 #f6f3f9

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#bacea4 Analogous#a4a5ce Analogous#cda4ce Triadic#ceb8a4 Triadic#a4ceb8 Split complementary#cecda4 Split complementary#a5cea4

Light purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 11, 20, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b8a4ce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 20 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 22 4 25

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 #b8a4ce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b8a4ce; }
.text { color: #b8a4ce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b8a4ce; }

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 #b8a4ce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b8a4ce 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 #b8a4ce 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 #b8a4ce 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #b8a4ce is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.