Plum

#b186bc

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. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #b186bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b186bc

RGB177, 134, 188

HSL288, 29%, 63%

HSV288, 29%, 74%

CMYK6%, 29%, 0%, 26%

Lab61.68, 26.05, -21.89

XYZ35.73, 30.03, 51.49

Decimal11634364

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2573 C

Shades of plum

#a573b2 #9960a7 #895497 #784984 #673f71 #56345f #452a4c #342039 #231526 #120b14

Tints of plum

#b891c2 #bf9cc8 #c6a7ce #cdb2d4 #d4bdda #dbc8e0 #e2d3e6 #e9deed #f1e9f3 #f8f4f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#91bc86 Analogous#9686bc Analogous#bc86ac Triadic#bcb186 Triadic#86bcb1 Split complementary#acbc86 Split complementary#86bc96

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 6, 29, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b186bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 29 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 31 4 32

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 #b186bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b186bc; }
.text { color: #b186bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b186bc; }

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 #b186bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b186bc 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 #b186bc 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 #b186bc 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 #b186bc is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.