Plum

#cf9bbb

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 323 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 #cf9bbb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cf9bbb

RGB207, 155, 187

HSL323, 35%, 71%

HSV323, 25%, 81%

CMYK0%, 25%, 10%, 19%

Lab69.68, 24.45, -8.95

XYZ46.42, 40.3, 52.34

Decimal13605819

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone257 C

Shades of plum

#c485ac #ba6e9d #af588d #9b4a7c #85406a #6e3558 #582a46 #411f34 #2b1522 #150a11

Tints of plum

#d3a4c1 #d7adc7 #dcb5cd #e0bed3 #e4c7d9 #e8d0df #edd9e5 #f1e1eb #f5eaf1 #f9f3f7

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#9bcfaf Analogous#c99bcf Analogous#cf9ba1 Triadic#bbcf9b Triadic#9bbbcf Split complementary#a1cf9b Split complementary#9bcfc9

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 25, 10, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cf9bbb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 25 10 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 27 13 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 #cf9bbb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cf9bbb; }
.text { color: #cf9bbb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cf9bbb; }

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 #cf9bbb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cf9bbb 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 #cf9bbb 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 #cf9bbb 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 #cf9bbb 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.