Light purple

#c8a2ff

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. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Light purple color values

Every conversion for #c8a2ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8a2ff

RGB200, 162, 255

HSL265, 100%, 82%

HSV265, 36%, 100%

CMYK22%, 36%, 0%, 0%

Lab73.12, 32.01, -41.06

XYZ54.79, 45.34, 100.47

Decimal13148927

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2645 C

Shades of light purple

#b17bff #9a55ff #832eff #6d07ff #5b00e0 #4c00b9 #3c0093 #2c006c #1c0045 #0d001f

Tints of light purple

#ccaaff #d1b1ff #d5b9ff #dac0ff #dec8ff #e3cfff #e7d7ff #ecdeff #f0e6ff #f4edff

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#d9ffa2 Analogous#a2aaff Analogous#f7a2ff Triadic#ffc8a2 Triadic#a2ffc8 Split complementary#fff6a2 Split complementary#aaffa2

Light purple in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 22, 36, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8a2ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 36 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 37 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 #c8a2ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8a2ff; }
.text { color: #c8a2ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8a2ff; }

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 #c8a2ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8a2ff 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 #c8a2ff 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 #c8a2ff 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 #c8a2ff are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.