Plum

#ce95bd

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. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #ce95bd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ce95bd

RGB206, 149, 189

HSL318, 37%, 70%

HSV318, 28%, 81%

CMYK0%, 28%, 8%, 19%

Lab68.23, 27.73, -12.24

XYZ45.39, 38.29, 53.14

Decimal13538749

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2563 C

Shades of plum

#c47faf #b969a1 #af5294 #9a4781 #843d6f #6e335c #572849 #411e37 #2b1424 #150a12

Tints of plum

#d29ec3 #d7a8c9 #dbb1cf #dfbbd4 #e4c4da #e8cde0 #ecd7e6 #f1e0ec #f5e9f2 #f9f3f7

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#95cea6 Analogous#c295ce Analogous#ce95a1 Triadic#bdce95 Triadic#95bdce Split complementary#a1ce95 Split complementary#95cec2

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 28, 8, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ce95bd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 28 8 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 30 11 25

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 #ce95bd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ce95bd; }
.text { color: #ce95bd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ce95bd; }

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 #ce95bd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ce95bd 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 #ce95bd 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 #ce95bd 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 #ce95bd is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.