Plum

#bb8edd

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 274 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 #bb8edd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb8edd

RGB187, 142, 221

HSL274, 54%, 71%

HSV274, 36%, 87%

CMYK15%, 36%, 0%, 13%

Lab65.85, 31.68, -33.85

XYZ43.22, 35.13, 72.91

Decimal12291805

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of plum

#ac74d5 #9c5bce #8d41c6 #7c35b1 #6a2e97 #58267e #461e64 #34164b #220f31 #100718

Tints of plum

#c198e0 #c7a2e3 #cdace6 #d3b6e9 #d9c0ec #dfcaef #e5d3f2 #ebddf5 #f1e7f8 #f7f1fb

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#b0dd8e Analogous#938edd Analogous#dd8ed8 Triadic#ddbb8e Triadic#8eddbb Split complementary#d8dd8e Split complementary#8edd93

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 15, 36, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb8edd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 36 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 37 4 19

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 #bb8edd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb8edd; }
.text { color: #bb8edd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb8edd; }

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 #bb8edd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb8edd 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 #bb8edd 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 #bb8edd 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 #bb8edd is computed, not guessed. 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.