Plum

#c992ae

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

Plum is a mid pink, confident and easy to pair. 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 #c992ae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c992ae

RGB201, 146, 174

HSL329, 34%, 68%

HSV329, 27%, 79%

CMYK0%, 27%, 13%, 21%

Lab66.54, 25.06, -6.42

XYZ42.01, 36.03, 44.79

Decimal13210286

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone687 C

Shades of plum

#bf7d9e #b4688f #a9547f #93496f #7e3f5f #69344f #542a3f #3f1f2f #2a151f #140a0f

Tints of plum

#ce9cb5 #d3a5bc #d7afc4 #dcb9cb #e1c3d2 #e6ccd9 #ebd6e0 #efe0e8 #f4e9ef #f9f3f6

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#92c9ad Analogous#c992c9 Analogous#c99292 Triadic#aec992 Triadic#92aec9 Split complementary#93c992 Split complementary#92c9c9

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, 27, 13, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c992ae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 27 13 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 29 16 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 #c992ae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c992ae; }
.text { color: #c992ae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c992ae; }

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 #c992ae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c992ae 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 #c992ae 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 #c992ae 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 #c992ae are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.