Plum

#c99cd1

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 291 degrees. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #c99cd1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c99cd1

RGB201, 156, 209

HSL291, 37%, 72%

HSV291, 25%, 82%

CMYK4%, 25%, 0%, 18%

Lab70.03, 25.91, -20.66

XYZ47.48, 40.8, 65.69

Decimal13212881

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone529 C

Shades of plum

#bd85c6 #b06ebc #a458b1 #91499e #7c3f87 #673470 #522a59 #3d1f43 #28142c #130a15

Tints of plum

#cea5d5 #d2add9 #d7b6dd #dcbfe1 #e1c7e5 #e5d0e9 #ead9ed #efe1f1 #f4eaf5 #f8f3f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#a4d19c Analogous#af9cd1 Analogous#d19cbe Triadic#d1c99c Triadic#9cd1c9 Split complementary#bed19c Split complementary#9cd1af

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 4, 25, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c99cd1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 25 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

8 27 4 24

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 #c99cd1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c99cd1; }
.text { color: #c99cd1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c99cd1; }

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 #c99cd1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c99cd1 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 #c99cd1 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 #c99cd1 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 #c99cd1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.