Light purple

#ccaff3

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

This is Light purple, a strong purple at 266 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Light purple color values

Every conversion for #ccaff3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ccaff3
RGB204, 175, 243
HSL266, 74%, 82%
HSV266, 28%, 95%
CMYK16%, 28%, 0%, 5%
Lab76.05, 23.42, -30.0
XYZ56.41, 49.97, 91.47
Decimal13414387
Web safe#cc99ff
Pantone264 C
Pantone264 CHex#ccaff3Rgb204 175 243Cmyk16 28 0 5Lab76 23 -30Darker#7d33e0Deep#a471eaLighter#eee6fa

Shades of light purple

Tints of light purple

Colors that go with light purple

Light purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 16, 28, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ccaff3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
16 28 0 5
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
19 30 4 11
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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light purple in css

Copy #ccaff3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ccaff3; }
.text { color: #ccaff3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ccaff3; }

How light purple looks on light and dark

Light purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ccaff3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.91:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
10.99:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ccaff3 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 #ccaff3 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #ccaff3 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #ccaff3 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.