Plum

#bd88c0

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

Plum sits in the pink band, mid and soft. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #bd88c0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bd88c0

RGB189, 136, 192

HSL297, 31%, 64%

HSV297, 29%, 75%

CMYK2%, 29%, 0%, 25%

Lab63.53, 29.69, -21.2

XYZ39.3, 32.23, 54.02

Decimal12421312

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2567 C

Shades of plum

#b275b6 #a761ab #98539c #854889 #723e75 #5f3462 #4c294e #391f3b #261527 #140b14

Tints of plum

#c393c6 #c99dcb #cfa8d1 #d5b3d7 #dbbedc #e1c8e2 #e7d3e8 #eddeed #f3e9f3 #f9f3f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#8bc088 Analogous#a188c0 Analogous#c088a7 Triadic#c0bd88 Triadic#88c0bd Split complementary#a7c088 Split complementary#88c0a1

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 2, 29, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bd88c0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 29 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 31 4 31

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 #bd88c0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bd88c0; }
.text { color: #bd88c0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bd88c0; }

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 #bd88c0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bd88c0 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 #bd88c0 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 #bd88c0 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

The figures for #bd88c0 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.