Plum

#b99bd1

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 273 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #b99bd1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b99bd1

RGB185, 155, 209

HSL273, 37%, 71%

HSV273, 26%, 82%

CMYK11%, 26%, 0%, 18%

Lab68.29, 21.24, -23.47

XYZ43.24, 38.36, 65.45

Decimal12164049

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of plum

#a984c6 #996dbc #8956b1 #78499e #673e87 #553470 #442959 #331f43 #21142c #100a15

Tints of plum

#bfa4d5 #c5add9 #cbb5dd #d2bee1 #d8c7e5 #ded0e9 #e4d8ed #eae1f1 #f0eaf5 #f6f3f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#b3d19b Analogous#9e9bd1 Analogous#d19bce Triadic#d1b99b Triadic#9bd1b9 Split complementary#ced19b Split complementary#9bd19e

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 11, 26, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b99bd1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 26 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 28 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Plum in css

Copy #b99bd1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b99bd1; }
.text { color: #b99bd1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b99bd1; }

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 #b99bd1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b99bd1 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 #b99bd1 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 #b99bd1 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 #b99bd1 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.