Plum

#c19ec8

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

Plum sits in the pink band, light and muted. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #c19ec8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c19ec8

RGB193, 158, 200

HSL290, 28%, 70%

HSV290, 21%, 78%

CMYK4%, 21%, 0%, 22%

Lab69.44, 20.38, -16.66

XYZ44.64, 39.96, 60.0

Decimal12689096

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone529 C

Shades of plum

#b489bc #a674b0 #995fa4 #865291 #73467c #603a67 #4c2f52 #39233d #261728 #120b14

Tints of plum

#c6a7cd #ccafd2 #d1b8d7 #d7c0db #dcc9e0 #e2d1e5 #e7daea #ede2ef #f2ebf4 #f8f4f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#a5c89e Analogous#ac9ec8 Analogous#c89eba Triadic#c8c19e Triadic#9ec8c1 Split complementary#bac89e Split complementary#9ec8ac

Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 4, 21, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c19ec8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 21 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

8 23 4 28

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 #c19ec8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c19ec8; }
.text { color: #c19ec8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c19ec8; }

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 #c19ec8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c19ec8 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 #c19ec8 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 #c19ec8 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 #c19ec8 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.