Light Purple Hex Codes: 24 Light, airy shades
24 light, airy shades of purple with names, hex codes, contrast on white and the best text color for each.
These are the light, airy shades of purple in Tintly's color library: 24 of the 168 purple shades. Light shades make quiet backgrounds, surfaces and highlights. They rarely carry text, so pair them with a dark neutral.
Light purple shades with hex codes
| Name | Hex | On white | Text on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lilac Lace | #C6A1CF | 2.23:1 | #111111 |
| Dream Vapour | #CC99EE | 2.24:1 | #111111 |
| Pinkling | #EB84F5 | 2.29:1 | #111111 |
| Monet Magic | #C1ACC3 | 2.10:1 | #111111 |
| Diva | #C9A0FF | 2.10:1 | #111111 |
| Pastel Lilac | #BDB0D0 | 2.04:1 | #111111 |
| Lilac | #CEA2FD | 2.05:1 | #111111 |
| Moonraker | #C0B2D7 | 1.98:1 | #111111 |
| Party Pig | #EE99FF | 1.97:1 | #111111 |
| Fog Syringa | #C4BAD2 | 1.85:1 | #111111 |
| Purple Illusion | #B8B8F8 | 1.86:1 | #111111 |
| New Love | #C6BBDB | 1.82:1 | #111111 |
| Testosterose | #DDAAFF | 1.86:1 | #111111 |
| Viking Diva | #CABAE0 | 1.80:1 | #111111 |
| Violet Heaven | #CDB7FA | 1.78:1 | #111111 |
| Digital Lavender | #CAC0E1 | 1.73:1 | #111111 |
| Mauve | #E0B0FF | 1.77:1 | #111111 |
| Girl Crush | #D1C0DC | 1.70:1 | #111111 |
| York Plum | #D3BFE5 | 1.69:1 | #111111 |
| Beefy Pink | #DEBEEF | 1.65:1 | #111111 |
| Foggy Love | #D5C7E8 | 1.59:1 | #111111 |
| Foggy Plateau | #CFCBE5 | 1.57:1 | #111111 |
| Innocent Snowdrop | #D0C7FF | 1.57:1 | #111111 |
| Neon Boneyard | #DFC5FE | 1.54:1 | #111111 |
How to use them
Use a light shade as a page or card tint and a darker shade of the same family for the text on it, so the two feel related.
Standouts in this group
- Darkest: Lilac Lace (#C6A1CF), at 76% lightness.
- Lightest: Neon Boneyard (#DFC5FE), at 86% lightness.
- Most saturated: Pinkling (#EB84F5).
- Best text color on white: Pinkling (#EB84F5), at 2.29:1.
What the numbers say
Across all 168 purple shades in the library, lightness runs from 12% to 86%. 104 of them reach 4.5 to 1 on white, so they can be used as text on a light page, and 58 reach 4.5 to 1 on near-black, so they can be used as text on a dark page. The rest are for fills, surfaces and large type, where the requirement is lower. Within the light, airy shades the figures are different: 0 of 24 pass on white.
Pairing with other families
The base purple (#7B3FE4) separates best from beige (4.06:1), yellow (3.48:1) and orange (2.17:1). Because purple stands for royalty, luxury and imagination, those pairings carry the most contrast of both color and meaning.
- Purple and beige: see the combinations in soft, bold and dark versions.
- Purple and yellow: see the combinations in soft, bold and dark versions.
- Purple and orange: see the combinations in soft, bold and dark versions.