Light purple

#bfb4e1

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 relaxed 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 #bfb4e1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bfb4e1

RGB191, 180, 225

HSL255, 43%, 79%

HSV255, 20%, 88%

CMYK15%, 20%, 0%, 12%

Lab75.55, 12.75, -21.12

XYZ51.4, 49.16, 78.01

Decimal12563681

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone270 C

Shades of light purple

#a899d6 #917fcc #7b64c1 #6449b6 #553e9c #463481 #382966 #291e4b #1b1331 #0c0916

Tints of light purple

#c4bae3 #cac0e6 #cfc7e8 #d4cdeb #dad3ed #dfd9f0 #e4e0f2 #e9e6f5 #efecf7 #f4f2fa

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#d6e1b4 Analogous#b4c0e1 Analogous#d5b4e1 Triadic#e1bfb4 Triadic#b4e1bf Split complementary#e1d5b4 Split complementary#c0e1b4

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 15, 20, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bfb4e1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 20 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 22 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 #bfb4e1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bfb4e1; }
.text { color: #bfb4e1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bfb4e1; }

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 #bfb4e1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bfb4e1 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 #bfb4e1 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 #bfb4e1 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

Here is how the numbers for #bfb4e1 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.