Plum

#b18cc1

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

This is Plum, a soft purple at 282 degrees. 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 #b18cc1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b18cc1

RGB177, 140, 193

HSL282, 30%, 65%

HSV282, 27%, 76%

CMYK8%, 27%, 0%, 24%

Lab63.3, 23.7, -22.22

XYZ37.14, 31.95, 54.66

Decimal11635905

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2567 C

Shades of plum

#a478b6 #9665ac #88559d #774a8a #664076 #553562 #442a4f #33203b #221528 #110b14

Tints of plum

#b896c7 #bfa1cc #c6abd2 #cdb5d7 #d4c0dd #dbcae2 #e2d4e8 #e9dfee #f0e9f3 #f7f3f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#9cc18c Analogous#968cc1 Analogous#c18cb7 Triadic#c1b18c Triadic#8cc1b1 Split complementary#b6c18c Split complementary#8cc197

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 8, 27, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b18cc1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 27 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 29 4 30

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 #b18cc1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b18cc1; }
.text { color: #b18cc1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b18cc1; }

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 #b18cc1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b18cc1 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 #b18cc1 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 #b18cc1 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 #b18cc1 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 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.