Plum

#be93ca

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

Plum falls in the purple range, mid and soft. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #be93ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#be93ca

RGB190, 147, 202

HSL287, 34%, 68%

HSV287, 27%, 79%

CMYK6%, 27%, 0%, 21%

Lab66.58, 25.88, -22.14

XYZ42.33, 36.08, 60.61

Decimal12489674

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2567 C

Shades of plum

#b17ec0 #a468b5 #9753aa #844995 #713e7f #5e346a #4b2a55 #381f3f #25152a #120a15

Tints of plum

#c49dcf #caa6d3 #cfb0d8 #d5b9dd #dbc3e2 #e1cde6 #e6d6eb #ece0f0 #f2e9f4 #f8f3f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#9fca93 Analogous#a393ca Analogous#ca93ba Triadic#cabe93 Triadic#93cabe Split complementary#baca93 Split complementary#93caa3

Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 6, 27, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #be93ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 27 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 29 4 27

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 #be93ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #be93ca; }
.text { color: #be93ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #be93ca; }

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 #be93ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #be93ca 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 #be93ca 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 #be93ca 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 #be93ca is computed, not guessed. 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.