Plum

#bca3cf

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. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #bca3cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bca3cf

RGB188, 163, 207

HSL274, 31%, 73%

HSV274, 21%, 81%

CMYK9%, 21%, 0%, 19%

Lab70.45, 17.36, -19.04

XYZ45.1, 41.39, 64.64

Decimal12362703

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone264 C

Shades of plum

#ac8dc3 #9c76b8 #8b60ac #7a509a #684584 #57396d #452d57 #332241 #22162a #100a14

Tints of plum

#c2abd3 #c8b3d7 #cebbdc #d3c3e0 #d9cbe4 #dfd3e8 #e5dbec #ebe3f1 #f1ebf5 #f6f3f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#b6cfa3 Analogous#a6a3cf Analogous#cfa3cc Triadic#cfbca3 Triadic#a3cfbc Split complementary#cccfa3 Split complementary#a3cfa6

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 9, 21, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bca3cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 21 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 23 4 25

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 #bca3cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bca3cf; }
.text { color: #bca3cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bca3cf; }

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 #bca3cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bca3cf 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 #bca3cf 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 #bca3cf 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 #bca3cf are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.