Plum

#c086b9

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. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #c086b9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c086b9

RGB192, 134, 185

HSL307, 32%, 64%

HSV307, 30%, 75%

CMYK0%, 30%, 4%, 25%

Lab63.14, 30.47, -17.82

XYZ39.02, 31.76, 49.97

Decimal12617401

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2573 C

Shades of plum

#b673ae #ac5fa3 #9c5193 #894781 #753d6e #62335c #4e294a #3b1f38 #281525 #140a13

Tints of plum

#c691bf #cb9cc6 #d1a7cc #d7b2d2 #dcbdd9 #e2c8df #e8d2e5 #eeddec #f3e8f2 #f9f3f8

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#86c08d Analogous#aa86c0 Analogous#c0869c Triadic#b9c086 Triadic#86b9c0 Split complementary#9cc086 Split complementary#86c0aa

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 0, 30, 4, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c086b9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 30 4 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 32 8 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 #c086b9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c086b9; }
.text { color: #c086b9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c086b9; }

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 #c086b9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c086b9 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 #c086b9 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 #c086b9 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 #c086b9 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.