Plum

#cbb1e5

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 soft. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #cbb1e5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cbb1e5

RGB203, 177, 229

HSL270, 50%, 80%

HSV270, 23%, 90%

CMYK11%, 23%, 0%, 10%

Lab75.95, 19.06, -22.6

XYZ54.49, 49.8, 80.87

Decimal13349349

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone264 C

Shades of plum

#b895dc #a579d2 #935dc9 #8040bf #6d37a4 #5a2d88 #48246b #351a4f #221133 #0f0817

Tints of plum

#cfb7e7 #d4bee9 #d8c4eb #dccbee #e1d1f0 #e5d8f2 #e9def4 #ede5f6 #f2ebf8 #f6f2fb

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#cbe5b1 Analogous#b1b1e5 Analogous#e5b1e5 Triadic#e5cbb1 Triadic#b1e5cb Split complementary#e5e5b1 Split complementary#b1e5b1

Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 11, 23, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cbb1e5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 23 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 25 4 16

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 #cbb1e5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cbb1e5; }
.text { color: #cbb1e5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cbb1e5; }

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 #cbb1e5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cbb1e5 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 #cbb1e5 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 #cbb1e5 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 #cbb1e5 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.