Plum

#b18dbe

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

This is Plum, a muted purple at 284 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 #b18dbe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b18dbe

RGB177, 141, 190

HSL284, 27%, 65%

HSV284, 26%, 75%

CMYK7%, 26%, 0%, 25%

Lab63.44, 22.52, -20.33

XYZ36.95, 32.11, 52.97

Decimal11636158

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2567 C

Shades of plum

#a47ab3 #9767a8 #885799 #774d86 #664273 #553760 #442c4d #33213a #221627 #110b13

Tints of plum

#b897c4 #bfa2ca #c6acd0 #cdb6d5 #d4c0db #dbcbe1 #e2d5e7 #e9dfed #f0e9f3 #f7f4f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#9abe8d Analogous#998dbe Analogous#be8db3 Triadic#beb18d Triadic#8dbeb1 Split complementary#b3be8d Split complementary#8dbe99

Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 7, 26, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b18dbe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 26 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 28 4 31

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 #b18dbe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b18dbe; }
.text { color: #b18dbe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b18dbe; }

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 #b18dbe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b18dbe 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 #b18dbe 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 #b18dbe 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 #b18dbe come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.