Plum

#ce99f1

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

This is Plum, a strong purple at 276 degrees. 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 #ce99f1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ce99f1

RGB206, 153, 241

HSL276, 76%, 77%

HSV276, 37%, 95%

CMYK15%, 37%, 0%, 5%

Lab71.05, 35.62, -36.64

XYZ52.72, 42.26, 88.6

Decimal13539825

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2645 C

Shades of plum

#bf79ed #af59e8 #a039e4 #901edb #7b1abb #66159b #51117b #3c0c5b #27083b #12041b

Tints of plum

#d2a2f2 #d6aaf3 #dab3f5 #dfbcf6 #e3c4f7 #e7cdf8 #ebd5f9 #efdefa #f3e7fc #f7effd

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#bcf199 Analogous#a299f1 Analogous#f199e8 Triadic#f1ce99 Triadic#99f1ce Split complementary#e8f199 Split complementary#99f1a2

Plum in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 15, 37, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ce99f1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 37 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 38 4 11

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #ce99f1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ce99f1; }
.text { color: #ce99f1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ce99f1; }

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 #ce99f1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ce99f1 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 #ce99f1 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 #ce99f1 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 #ce99f1 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.