Light purple

#c4adea

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

This is Light purple, a strong 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 #c4adea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c4adea

RGB196, 173, 234

HSL263, 59%, 80%

HSV263, 26%, 92%

CMYK16%, 26%, 0%, 8%

Lab74.55, 20.1, -27.49

XYZ52.56, 47.56, 84.25

Decimal12889578

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone264 C

Shades of light purple

#ae8fe2 #9971db #8353d3 #6e35cb #5d2dae #4d2590 #3d1d72 #2d1654 #1d0e36 #0d0618

Tints of light purple

#c9b4ec #cebbed #d3c1ef #d8c8f1 #dccff3 #e1d6f4 #e6dcf6 #ebe3f8 #f0eafa #f5f1fb

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#d3eaad Analogous#adb5ea Analogous#e2adea Triadic#eac4ad Triadic#adeac4 Split complementary#eae2ad Split complementary#b5eaad

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 16, 26, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c4adea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 26 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 28 4 14

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 #c4adea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c4adea; }
.text { color: #c4adea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c4adea; }

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 #c4adea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c4adea 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 #c4adea 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 #c4adea 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 #c4adea come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.