Light purple

#bfaae0

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 263 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 #bfaae0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bfaae0

RGB191, 170, 224

HSL263, 47%, 77%

HSV263, 24%, 88%

CMYK15%, 24%, 0%, 12%

Lab73.03, 18.03, -24.42

XYZ49.32, 45.21, 76.65

Decimal12561120

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone264 C

Shades of light purple

#ab8fd6 #9775cd #835ac3 #6f42b6 #5f399c #4f2f81 #3f2566 #2e1c4c #1e1231 #0e0816

Tints of light purple

#c4b1e3 #cab8e5 #cfc0e8 #d5c7ea #daceed #dfd5f0 #e5dcf2 #eae4f5 #f0ebf8 #f5f2fa

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#cbe0aa Analogous#aab0e0 Analogous#daaae0 Triadic#e0bfaa Triadic#aae0bf Split complementary#e0daaa Split complementary#b0e0aa

Light purple in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 15, 24, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bfaae0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 24 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 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 #bfaae0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bfaae0; }
.text { color: #bfaae0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bfaae0; }

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 #bfaae0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bfaae0 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 #bfaae0 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 #bfaae0 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 #bfaae0 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.