Light purple

#b7a4e1

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

Light purple falls in the purple range, light and soft. 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 #b7a4e1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b7a4e1

RGB183, 164, 225

HSL259, 50%, 76%

HSV259, 27%, 88%

CMYK19%, 27%, 0%, 12%

Lab70.91, 19.08, -28.27

XYZ46.39, 42.05, 76.91

Decimal12035297

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2705 C

Shades of light purple

#a289d8 #8c6ecf #7753c6 #633db9 #55349e #462b83 #382268 #29194d #1b1032 #0c0817

Tints of light purple

#bdace4 #c3b4e6 #c9bbe9 #d0c3eb #d6cbee #dcd3f0 #e2daf3 #e8e2f5 #eeeaf8 #f4f2fb

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#cee1a4 Analogous#a4afe1 Analogous#d6a4e1 Triadic#e1b7a4 Triadic#a4e1b7 Split complementary#e1d5a4 Split complementary#b0e1a4

Light purple in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 19, 27, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b7a4e1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 27 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 29 4 18

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

Light purple in css

Copy #b7a4e1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b7a4e1; }
.text { color: #b7a4e1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b7a4e1; }

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 #b7a4e1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b7a4e1 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 #b7a4e1 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 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 #b7a4e1 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

The figures for #b7a4e1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.