Light purple

#c9bce7

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 258 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 #c9bce7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c9bce7

RGB201, 188, 231

HSL258, 47%, 82%

HSV258, 19%, 91%

CMYK13%, 19%, 0%, 9%

Lab78.55, 12.85, -19.74

XYZ56.49, 54.15, 83.08

Decimal13221095

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone270 C

Shades of light purple

#b29fdd #9b83d3 #8466c8 #6d4abe #5b3ba6 #4c3189 #3c276c #2c1d50 #1c1233 #0c0817

Tints of light purple

#d2c7eb #dad2ef #dfd7f1 #e3dcf3 #e7e2f5 #ece7f6 #f0ecf8 #f4f2fa

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#dae7bc Analogous#bcc4e7 Analogous#debce7 Triadic#e7c9bc Triadic#bce7c9 Split complementary#e7dfbc Split complementary#c4e7bc

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, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c9bce7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 19 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 21 4 15

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 #c9bce7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c9bce7; }
.text { color: #c9bce7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c9bce7; }

How light purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Light purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #c9bce7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c9bce7 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 #c9bce7 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 #c9bce7 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #c9bce7 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.