PURPLE

Light Purple

#B19CD9

Conversions

HEX#B19CD9

RGBrgb(177, 156, 217)

HSLhsl(261, 45%, 73%)

HSVhsv(261, 28%, 85%)

CMYKcmyk(18%, 28%, 0%, 15%)

Copy CSS

color: #b19cd9;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(177, 156, 217);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(261, 45%, 73%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 2.43 : 1

On ink blackPass · 7.86 : 1

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About Light Purple

Light Purple is the hex color #B19CD9, which translates to rgb(177, 156, 217) in RGB and hsl(261, 45%, 73%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 261 degrees, with a saturation of 45 percent and a lightness of 73 percent. That combination puts Light Purple in the workable middle of the purple family, neither pastel nor fully saturated.

How Light Purple compares

The closest standard CSS keyword is plum (#DDA0DD), a CIE76 distance of 15.0 away in CIELAB. That is a visible difference, so the keyword is not a substitute here. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is violet-300 (#C4B4FF), at a distance of 11.3. Inside this library the closest neighbour is African Violet at 11.5. Sorted by lightness, Light Purple is number 28 of the 31 purple colors here.

Text on Light Purple

One of the five common text colors below clears WCAG AA for normal text on Light Purple, led by Ink black at 7.86:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Light Purple already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Light Purple. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	2.43:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	7.86:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Mid grey #6B7280	1.99:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	4.23:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	1.97:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

Building a palette around Light Purple

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Light Purple for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Light Purple

Format	Value
HEX	#B19CD9
RGB	rgb(177, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(261, 45%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(261, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 28%, 0%, 15%)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.0895 299.99)
CIELAB	lab(68.12 19.89 -28.20)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.