Plum

#a58aba

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

Plum is a mid purple with a grounded cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #a58aba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a58aba

RGB165, 138, 186

HSL274, 26%, 64%

HSV274, 26%, 73%

CMYK11%, 26%, 0%, 27%

Lab61.41, 19.4, -21.27

XYZ33.47, 29.72, 50.43

Decimal10848954

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of plum

#9778af #8965a4 #7a5894 #6b4d82 #5c4270 #4c375d #3d2c4b #2e2138 #1f1626 #100b13

Tints of plum

#ad95c0 #b59fc6 #bdaacd #c6b4d3 #cebfd9 #d6c9df #ded4e6 #e6dfec #eee9f2 #f6f4f8

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#9fba8a Analogous#8d8aba Analogous#ba8ab7 Triadic#baa58a Triadic#8abaa5 Split complementary#b7ba8a Split complementary#8aba8d

Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 11, 26, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a58aba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 26 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 28 4 33

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Plum in css

Copy #a58aba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a58aba; }
.text { color: #a58aba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a58aba; }

How plum looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Plum and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a58aba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a58aba against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Plum on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a58aba sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around plum? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn plum into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a58aba 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 plum, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #a58aba 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.