Light purple

#bbb2c9

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

This is Light purple, a muted purple at 263 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 #bbb2c9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbb2c9

RGB187, 178, 201

HSL263, 18%, 74%

HSV263, 11%, 79%

CMYK7%, 11%, 0%, 21%

Lab73.95, 7.56, -10.49

XYZ46.96, 46.62, 61.78

Decimal12301001

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone270 C

Shades of light purple

#a99ebb #9789ac #85759e #73638d #625478 #524664 #41384f #30293b #1f1b26 #0f0d12

Tints of light purple

#c1b9ce #c7bfd2 #cdc6d7 #d2cddc #d8d3e0 #dedae5 #e4e1ea #eae7ee #f0eef3 #f6f5f8

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#c0c9b2 Analogous#b2b5c9 Analogous#c7b2c9 Triadic#c9bbb2 Triadic#b2c9bb Split complementary#c9c7b2 Split complementary#b5c9b2

Light purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 7, 11, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbb2c9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 11 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 14 4 27

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 #bbb2c9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbb2c9; }
.text { color: #bbb2c9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbb2c9; }

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 #bbb2c9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbb2c9 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 #bbb2c9 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 #bbb2c9 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

Every value on this page for #bbb2c9 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.