Light purple

#cdbefc

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

Hex#cdbefc

RGB205, 190, 252

HSL255, 91%, 87%

HSV255, 25%, 99%

CMYK19%, 25%, 0%, 1%

Lab80.09, 17.5, -28.64

XYZ61.16, 56.83, 99.84

Decimal13483772

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone264 C

Shades of light purple

#af97fa #906ff8 #7248f7 #5421f5 #3f0ae2 #3409bb #290793 #1e056c #130345 #08011d

Tints of light purple

#d1c3fc #d4c8fc #dcd1fd #dfd6fd #e3dbfd #e7e0fe #ebe4fe #eee9fe #f2eefe

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#edfcbe Analogous#becefc Analogous#ecbefc Triadic#fccdbe Triadic#befccd Split complementary#fcecbe Split complementary#cefcbe

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 19, 25, 0, 1.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 25 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 27 4 7

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 #cdbefc straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdbefc 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 #cdbefc 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 #cdbefc 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 #cdbefc are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.