Pale purple

#dec5fc

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

Pale purple falls in the purple range, pale 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.

Pale purple color values

Every conversion for #dec5fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dec5fc

RGB222, 197, 252

HSL267, 90%, 88%

HSV267, 22%, 99%

CMYK12%, 22%, 0%, 1%

Lab83.17, 18.98, -23.8

XYZ67.66, 62.49, 100.59

Decimal14599676

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2635 C

Shades of pale purple

#c79dfa #b175f8 #9a4ef6 #8326f4 #6e0ce4 #5b0abc #480894 #34066d #210445 #0e021d

Tints of pale purple

#e0c9fc #e3cdfc #e5d1fd #e7d5fd #eadafd #ecdefd #eee2fd #f1e6fe #f3eafe #f5eefe

Colors that go with pale purple

Complementary#e3fcc5 Analogous#c5c7fc Analogous#f9c5fc Triadic#fcdec5 Triadic#c5fcde Split complementary#fcfac5 Split complementary#c8fcc5

Pale purple in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 12, 22, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dec5fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 22 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 24 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Pale purple in css

Copy #dec5fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dec5fc; }
.text { color: #dec5fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dec5fc; }

How pale purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Pale purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dec5fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dec5fc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Pale purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dec5fc sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around pale purple? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn pale purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dec5fc 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 pale purple, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #dec5fc are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.