Plum

#cb95ec

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

Plum falls in the purple range, light and strong. 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 #cb95ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cb95ec

RGB203, 149, 236

HSL277, 70%, 75%

HSV277, 37%, 93%

CMYK14%, 37%, 0%, 7%

Lab69.65, 35.85, -36.1

XYZ50.52, 40.25, 84.46

Decimal13342188

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2572 C

Shades of plum

#bc77e7 #ae59e1 #9f3bdc #8e25ce #7920b0 #651a92 #501574 #3b0f56 #270a38 #12051a

Tints of plum

#cf9eee #d4a7ef #d8b0f1 #ddb9f3 #e1c2f4 #e6ccf6 #ead5f7 #efdef9 #f3e7fb #f8f0fc

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#b6ec95 Analogous#a095ec Analogous#ec95e1 Triadic#eccb95 Triadic#95eccb Split complementary#e2ec95 Split complementary#95eca0

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 14, 37, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cb95ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 37 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 38 4 13

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 #cb95ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cb95ec; }
.text { color: #cb95ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cb95ec; }

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 #cb95ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cb95ec 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 #cb95ec 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 #cb95ec 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 #cb95ec come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.