Light purple

#cda8fa

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 vivid. 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 #cda8fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cda8fa

RGB205, 168, 250

HSL267, 89%, 82%

HSV267, 33%, 98%

CMYK18%, 33%, 0%, 2%

Lab74.75, 29.07, -35.78

XYZ56.43, 47.89, 96.71

Decimal13478138

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone264 C

Shades of light purple

#b883f8 #a35ff6 #8e3af4 #7915f2 #660cd4 #550aaf #43088b #310666 #200442 #0e021d

Tints of light purple

#d1affa #d5b6fb #d9bdfb #ddc4fc #e1cbfc #e5d2fc #e9d9fd #ede0fd #f1e7fe #f5eefe

Colors that go with light purple

Complementary#d5faa8 Analogous#a8acfa Analogous#f6a8fa Triadic#facda8 Triadic#a8facd Split complementary#faf6a8 Split complementary#acfaa8

Light purple in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 18, 33, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cda8fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 33 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 34 4 8

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #cda8fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cda8fa; }
.text { color: #cda8fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cda8fa; }

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 #cda8fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cda8fa 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 #cda8fa 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 #cda8fa 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 #cda8fa come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.