Plum

#bda0cb

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

Plum falls in the purple range, light and muted. 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 #bda0cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bda0cb

RGB189, 160, 203

HSL280, 29%, 71%

HSV280, 21%, 80%

CMYK7%, 21%, 0%, 20%

Lab69.66, 18.54, -18.02

XYZ44.34, 40.27, 61.94

Decimal12427467

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone264 C

Shades of plum

#ae8bbf #9f75b3 #9060a8 #7f5195 #6c467f #5a3a6a #482e54 #35223f #231729 #110b14

Tints of plum

#c3a8d0 #c9b1d4 #ceb9d9 #d4c1dd #dacae2 #e0d2e6 #e6daeb #ebe3f0 #f1ebf4 #f7f3f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#aecba0 Analogous#a8a0cb Analogous#cba0c3 Triadic#cbbda0 Triadic#a0cbbd Split complementary#c3cba0 Split complementary#a0cba8

Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 7, 21, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bda0cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 21 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 23 4 26

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 #bda0cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bda0cb; }
.text { color: #bda0cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bda0cb; }

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 #bda0cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bda0cb 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 #bda0cb 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 #bda0cb 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 #bda0cb is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.