Light purple

#bfb3dc

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

Light purple falls in the purple range, light and soft. 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 #bfb3dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bfb3dc

RGB191, 179, 220

HSL258, 37%, 78%

HSV258, 19%, 86%

CMYK13%, 19%, 0%, 14%

Lab75.13, 12.24, -19.04

XYZ50.52, 48.48, 74.41

Decimal12563420

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone270 C

Shades of light purple

#aa9ad0 #9581c5 #7f67b9 #6b4fac #5b4493 #4b387a #3c2c61 #2c2147 #1d152e #0d0a15

Tints of light purple

#c4b9df #cac0e2 #cfc6e5 #d4cde8 #dad3eb #dfd9ee #e5e0f1 #eae6f3 #efecf6 #f5f3f9

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#d0dcb3 Analogous#b3bcdc Analogous#d3b3dc Triadic#dcbfb3 Triadic#b3dcbf Split complementary#dcd3b3 Split complementary#bcdcb3

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 13, 19, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bfb3dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 19 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 21 4 20

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 #bfb3dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bfb3dc; }
.text { color: #bfb3dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bfb3dc; }

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 #bfb3dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bfb3dc 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 #bfb3dc 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 #bfb3dc 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 #bfb3dc are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.