Plum

#d08db5

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 324 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #d08db5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d08db5

RGB208, 141, 181

HSL324, 42%, 68%

HSV324, 32%, 82%

CMYK0%, 32%, 13%, 18%

Lab66.36, 31.42, -10.54

XYZ43.88, 35.8, 48.31

Decimal13667765

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone673 C

Shades of plum

#c776a6 #bd6098 #b34a89 #9d4178 #863767 #702e55 #592544 #431c33 #2c1222 #160911

Tints of plum

#d497bc #d8a1c2 #ddabc9 #e1b6cf #e5c0d6 #e9cadc #edd4e3 #f1deea #f6e8f0 #faf2f7

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#8dd0a8 Analogous#c98dd0 Analogous#d08d94 Triadic#b5d08d Triadic#8db5d0 Split complementary#93d08d Split complementary#8dd0c9

Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 32, 13, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d08db5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 32 13 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 16 24

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 #d08db5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d08db5; }
.text { color: #d08db5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d08db5; }

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 #d08db5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d08db5 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 #d08db5 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 #d08db5 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 #d08db5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.