Plum

#b699d2

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 271 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #b699d2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b699d2

RGB182, 153, 210

HSL271, 39%, 71%

HSV271, 27%, 82%

CMYK13%, 27%, 0%, 18%

Lab67.56, 21.61, -25.15

XYZ42.32, 37.38, 65.96

Decimal11966930

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of plum

#a582c8 #956bbe #8454b3 #7446a0 #633c89 #523271 #42285a #311e43 #20142c #0f0915

Tints of plum

#bca2d6 #c3abda #c9b4de #d0bde2 #d6c6e6 #dccfea #e3d8ee #e9e1f2 #f0eaf6 #f6f3fa

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#b5d299 Analogous#9a99d2 Analogous#d299d1 Triadic#d2b699 Triadic#99d2b6 Split complementary#d1d299 Split complementary#99d29a

Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 13, 27, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b699d2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 27 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 29 4 24

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 #b699d2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b699d2; }
.text { color: #b699d2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b699d2; }

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 #b699d2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b699d2 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 #b699d2 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 #b699d2 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 #b699d2 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.