Plum

#c686b3

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 318 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 #c686b3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c686b3

RGB198, 134, 179

HSL318, 36%, 65%

HSV318, 32%, 78%

CMYK0%, 32%, 10%, 22%

Lab63.6, 31.44, -13.67

XYZ39.95, 32.31, 46.78

Decimal13010611

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone514 C

Shades of plum

#bc72a6 #b35d99 #a44d8a #904479 #7b3a68 #673057 #522745 #3e1d34 #291323 #150a12

Tints of plum

#cb91ba #d09cc1 #d5a7c8 #dbb2ce #e0bcd5 #e5c7dc #ead2e3 #efddea #f4e8f1 #f9f3f7

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#86c699 Analogous#b986c6 Analogous#c68693 Triadic#b3c686 Triadic#86b3c6 Split complementary#93c686 Split complementary#86c6b9

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, 32, 10, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c686b3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 32 10 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 13 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Plum in css

Copy #c686b3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c686b3; }
.text { color: #c686b3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c686b3; }

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 #c686b3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c686b3 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 #c686b3 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 #c686b3 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 #c686b3 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.