Light purple

#bdb3dc

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 #bdb3dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bdb3dc

RGB189, 179, 220

HSL255, 37%, 78%

HSV255, 19%, 86%

CMYK14%, 19%, 0%, 14%

Lab74.97, 11.59, -19.3

XYZ50.02, 48.23, 74.38

Decimal12432348

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone270 C

Shades of light purple

#a79ad0 #9181c5 #7b67b9 #664fac #574493 #48387a #392c61 #2a2147 #1b152e #0c0a15

Tints of light purple

#c3b9df #c8c0e2 #cec6e5 #d3cde8 #d9d3eb #ded9ee #e4e0f1 #e9e6f3 #efecf6 #f4f3f9

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#d2dcb3 Analogous#b3bedc Analogous#d2b3dc Triadic#dcbdb3 Triadic#b3dcbd Split complementary#dcd2b3 Split complementary#bddcb3

Light purple in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 14, 19, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bdb3dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 19 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 21 4 20

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 #bdb3dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bdb3dc; }
.text { color: #bdb3dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bdb3dc; }

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 #bdb3dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bdb3dc 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 #bdb3dc 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 #bdb3dc 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 #bdb3dc 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.