Light purple

#bfb2e5

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 open cast. 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 #bfb2e5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bfb2e5

RGB191, 178, 229

HSL255, 50%, 80%

HSV255, 22%, 90%

CMYK17%, 22%, 0%, 10%

Lab75.19, 14.71, -23.84

XYZ51.55, 48.57, 80.79

Decimal12563173

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone270 C

Shades of light purple

#a896db #907ad2 #795ec8 #6141bf #5337a4 #452e87 #36246b #281b4f #1a1133 #0c0817

Tints of light purple

#c4b8e7 #cabfe9 #cfc5eb #d4cbee #d9d2f0 #dfd8f2 #e4dff4 #e9e5f6 #efebf8 #f4f2fa

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#d8e5b2 Analogous#b2bfe5 Analogous#d8b2e5 Triadic#e5bfb2 Triadic#b2e5bf Split complementary#e5d9b2 Split complementary#bfe5b2

Light purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 17, 22, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bfb2e5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 22 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 24 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light purple in css

Copy #bfb2e5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bfb2e5; }
.text { color: #bfb2e5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bfb2e5; }

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 #bfb2e5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bfb2e5 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 #bfb2e5 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 #bfb2e5 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 #bfb2e5 is computed, not guessed. 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.