Plum

#af89c8

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 confident 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 #af89c8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#af89c8

RGB175, 137, 200

HSL276, 36%, 66%

HSV276, 32%, 78%

CMYK12%, 32%, 0%, 22%

Lab62.66, 26.22, -27.17

XYZ37.05, 31.18, 58.71

Decimal11504072

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of plum

#a174be #935fb5 #844ea7 #734492 #633a7d #523168 #422754 #311d3f #21132a #100a15

Tints of plum

#b694cd #bd9ed2 #c5a9d7 #ccb3dc #d3bee1 #dac8e6 #e1d3eb #e8deef #f0e8f4 #f7f3f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#a2c889 Analogous#8f89c8 Analogous#c889c2 Triadic#c8af89 Triadic#89c8af Split complementary#c2c889 Split complementary#89c88f

Plum in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 12, 32, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #af89c8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 32 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 33 4 28

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.

Plum in css

Copy #af89c8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #af89c8; }
.text { color: #af89c8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #af89c8; }

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 #af89c8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #af89c8 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Plum on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #af89c8 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn plum into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #af89c8 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

Every value on this page for #af89c8 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.