Light purple

#bba2ea

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 261 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 #bba2ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bba2ea

RGB187, 162, 234

HSL261, 63%, 78%

HSV261, 31%, 92%

CMYK20%, 31%, 0%, 8%

Lab71.11, 23.44, -32.86

XYZ48.27, 42.35, 83.47

Decimal12296938

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2705 C

Shades of light purple

#a584e3 #8f66dd #7a49d6 #652ecc #5627ae #472190 #391a72 #2a1355 #1b0c37 #0c0619

Tints of light purple

#c1aaec #c6b2ee #ccbaef #d2c1f1 #d8c9f3 #ddd1f5 #e3d9f6 #e9e1f8 #efe9fa #f4f0fc

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#d1eaa2 Analogous#a2adea Analogous#dfa2ea Triadic#eabba2 Triadic#a2eabb Split complementary#eadfa2 Split complementary#adeaa2

Light purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 20, 31, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bba2ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 31 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 33 4 14

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 #bba2ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bba2ea; }
.text { color: #bba2ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bba2ea; }

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 #bba2ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bba2ea 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 #bba2ea 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 #bba2ea 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 #bba2ea 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.