Light purple

#bcaae1

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

This is Light purple, a soft purple at 260 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 #bcaae1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcaae1

RGB188, 170, 225

HSL260, 48%, 77%

HSV260, 24%, 88%

CMYK16%, 24%, 0%, 12%

Lab72.81, 17.3, -25.32

XYZ48.7, 44.88, 77.33

Decimal12364513

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone264 C

Shades of light purple

#a78fd7 #9274ce #7c59c4 #6841b8 #59389d #4a2e82 #3a2567 #2b1b4c #1c1132 #0d0817

Tints of light purple

#c2b1e4 #c7b8e6 #cdc0e9 #d3c7eb #d8ceee #ded5f0 #e4dcf3 #e9e3f5 #efebf8 #f5f2fa

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#cfe1aa Analogous#aab3e1 Analogous#d8aae1 Triadic#e1bcaa Triadic#aae1bc Split complementary#e1d8aa Split complementary#b3e1aa

Light purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 16, 24, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcaae1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 24 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 26 4 18

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 #bcaae1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcaae1; }
.text { color: #bcaae1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcaae1; }

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 #bcaae1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcaae1 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 #bcaae1 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 #bcaae1 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

Here is how the numbers for #bcaae1 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.