Light purple

#b99be5

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 264 degrees. 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 #b99be5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b99be5

RGB185, 155, 229

HSL264, 59%, 75%

HSV264, 32%, 90%

CMYK19%, 32%, 0%, 10%

Lab69.05, 25.6, -33.32

XYZ45.87, 39.41, 79.32

Decimal12164069

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of light purple

#a57fde #9263d6 #7e47cf #6c32c1 #5c2ba5 #4c2388 #3d1c6c #2d1550 #1d0e34 #0e0618

Tints of light purple

#bfa4e7 #c5ace9 #cbb5ec #d1bdee #d7c6f0 #ddcef2 #e3d7f5 #e9e0f7 #efe8f9 #f5f1fb

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#c7e59b Analogous#9ba2e5 Analogous#de9be5 Triadic#e5b99b Triadic#9be5b9 Split complementary#e5de9b Split complementary#a2e59b

Light purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 19, 32, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b99be5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 32 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 33 4 16

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 #b99be5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b99be5; }
.text { color: #b99be5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b99be5; }

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 #b99be5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b99be5 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 #b99be5 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 #b99be5 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 #b99be5 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.