Plum

#be88bf

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

This is Plum, a soft pink at 299 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #be88bf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#be88bf

RGB190, 136, 191

HSL299, 30%, 64%

HSV299, 29%, 75%

CMYK1%, 29%, 0%, 25%

Lab63.6, 29.83, -20.52

XYZ39.44, 32.32, 53.45

Decimal12486847

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2573 C

Shades of plum

#b375b5 #a961aa #9a539b #864988 #733f74 #603461 #4d2a4e #3a1f3a #271527 #140b14

Tints of plum

#c493c5 #ca9dcb #d0a8d0 #d5b3d6 #dbbedc #e1c8e2 #e7d3e7 #eddeed #f3e9f3 #f9f3f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#89bf88 Analogous#a388bf Analogous#bf88a4 Triadic#bfbe88 Triadic#88bfbe Split complementary#a4bf88 Split complementary#88bfa3

Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 1, 29, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #be88bf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 29 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

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

Plum in css

Copy #be88bf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #be88bf; }
.text { color: #be88bf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #be88bf; }

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 #be88bf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #be88bf 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 #be88bf 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 #be88bf 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 #be88bf are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.