Light purple

#bbb2cb

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 soft cast. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Light purple color values

Every conversion for #bbb2cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbb2cb

RGB187, 178, 203

HSL262, 19%, 75%

HSV262, 12%, 80%

CMYK8%, 12%, 0%, 20%

Lab74.01, 7.96, -11.5

XYZ47.19, 46.72, 63.03

Decimal12301003

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone270 C

Shades of light purple

#a99dbd #9688af #8473a1 #726190 #61537b #514566 #403751 #30293c #1f1a27 #0e0c12

Tints of light purple

#c1b9cf #c7bfd4 #cdc6d8 #d2cddd #d8d3e1 #dedae6 #e4e0ea #eae7ef #f0eef3 #f6f4f8

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#c2cbb2 Analogous#b2b6cb Analogous#c8b2cb Triadic#cbbbb2 Triadic#b2cbbb Split complementary#cbc8b2 Split complementary#b6cbb2

Light purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 8, 12, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbb2cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 12 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 15 4 26

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 #bbb2cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbb2cb; }
.text { color: #bbb2cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbb2cb; }

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 #bbb2cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbb2cb 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 #bbb2cb 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 #bbb2cb 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 #bbb2cb 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.