Light purple

#c8a1ff

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 vivid. 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 #c8a1ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8a1ff

RGB200, 161, 255

HSL265, 100%, 82%

HSV265, 37%, 100%

CMYK22%, 37%, 0%, 0%

Lab72.88, 32.56, -41.42

XYZ54.61, 44.99, 100.41

Decimal13148671

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2645 C

Shades of light purple

#b17aff #9b54ff #842dff #6e07ff #5d00df #4d00b9 #3d0092 #2d006c #1d0045 #0d001f

Tints of light purple

#cca9ff #d1b0ff #d5b8ff #dabfff #dec7ff #e3cfff #e7d6ff #ecdeff #f0e6ff #f5edff

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#d8ffa1 Analogous#a1a9ff Analogous#f7a1ff Triadic#ffc8a1 Triadic#a1ffc8 Split complementary#fff7a1 Split complementary#a9ffa1

Light purple in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 22, 37, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8a1ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 37 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 38 4 6

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #c8a1ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8a1ff; }
.text { color: #c8a1ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8a1ff; }

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 #c8a1ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8a1ff 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 #c8a1ff 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 #c8a1ff 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 #c8a1ff 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.