Light purple

#bcaee6

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 relaxed cast. 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 #bcaee6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcaee6

RGB188, 174, 230

HSL255, 53%, 79%

HSV255, 24%, 90%

CMYK18%, 24%, 0%, 10%

Lab73.98, 16.2, -26.25

XYZ50.16, 46.68, 81.23

Decimal12365542

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2705 C

Shades of light purple

#a491dd #8d75d4 #7558cc #5e3cc3 #5033a6 #422a8a #34226d #271950 #191034 #0b0717

Tints of light purple

#c2b5e8 #c7bbea #cdc2ec #d2c9ee #d8d0f0 #ddd6f2 #e3ddf5 #e9e4f7 #eeebf9 #f4f1fb

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#d8e6ae Analogous#aebce6 Analogous#d8aee6 Triadic#e6bcae Triadic#aee6bc Split complementary#e6d8ae Split complementary#bce6ae

Light purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 18, 24, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcaee6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 24 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 26 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 #bcaee6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcaee6; }
.text { color: #bcaee6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcaee6; }

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 #bcaee6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcaee6 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 #bcaee6 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 #bcaee6 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 #bcaee6 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.