Plum

#c2a2cf

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

Plum is a light purple with a relaxed cast. 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 #c2a2cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c2a2cf

RGB194, 162, 207

HSL283, 32%, 72%

HSV283, 22%, 81%

CMYK6%, 22%, 0%, 19%

Lab70.74, 19.89, -18.55

XYZ46.43, 41.81, 64.66

Decimal12755663

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone264 C

Shades of plum

#b38cc3 #a575b8 #965fac #85509a #714484 #5e386d #4b2d57 #382141 #25162b #110a14

Tints of plum

#c7aad3 #cdb2d7 #d2badc #d7c2e0 #ddcbe4 #e2d3e8 #e7dbec #ede3f1 #f2ebf5 #f7f3f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#afcfa2 Analogous#aca2cf Analogous#cfa2c5 Triadic#cfc2a2 Triadic#a2cfc2 Split complementary#c5cfa2 Split complementary#a2cfac

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 6, 22, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c2a2cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 22 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 24 4 25

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 #c2a2cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c2a2cf; }
.text { color: #c2a2cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c2a2cf; }

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 #c2a2cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c2a2cf 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 #c2a2cf 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 #c2a2cf 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 #c2a2cf is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.