Plum

#b88cd2

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

Plum falls in the purple range, mid and soft. 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 #b88cd2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b88cd2

RGB184, 140, 210

HSL278, 44%, 69%

HSV278, 33%, 82%

CMYK12%, 33%, 0%, 18%

Lab64.64, 29.51, -29.63

XYZ40.78, 33.6, 65.31

Decimal12094674

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of plum

#aa75c9 #9c5ec0 #8d47b7 #7c3fa0 #6a3689 #582d72 #46245b #351b44 #23122d #110916

Tints of plum

#be96d6 #c5a0da #cbabde #d1b5e2 #d8bfe6 #dec9ea #e4d4ee #eadef2 #f1e8f6 #f7f2fa

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#a6d28c Analogous#958cd2 Analogous#d28cc9 Triadic#d2b88c Triadic#8cd2b8 Split complementary#c9d28c Split complementary#8cd295

Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 12, 33, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b88cd2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 33 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 34 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 #b88cd2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b88cd2; }
.text { color: #b88cd2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b88cd2; }

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 #b88cd2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b88cd2 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 #b88cd2 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 #b88cd2 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

Here is how the numbers for #b88cd2 are worked out. 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.