Plum

#d5a8f8

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

This is Plum, a vivid purple at 274 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 #d5a8f8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d5a8f8

RGB213, 168, 248

HSL274, 85%, 82%

HSV274, 32%, 97%

CMYK14%, 32%, 0%, 3%

Lab75.41, 31.04, -33.63

XYZ58.39, 48.93, 95.17

Decimal14002424

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone264 C

Shades of plum

#c484f5 #b361f2 #a13def #9019ed #7c11cf #660eab #510b87 #3c0864 #260540 #11021c

Tints of plum

#d8aff9 #dcb6f9 #dfbdfa #e3c4fa #e6cbfb #e9d2fb #edd9fc #f0e0fd #f4e7fd #f7eefe

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#cbf8a8 Analogous#ada8f8 Analogous#f8a8f3 Triadic#f8d5a8 Triadic#a8f8d5 Split complementary#f3f8a8 Split complementary#a8f8ad

Plum in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 14, 32, 0, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d5a8f8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 32 0 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 33 4 9

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 #d5a8f8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d5a8f8; }
.text { color: #d5a8f8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d5a8f8; }

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 #d5a8f8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d5a8f8 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 #d5a8f8 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 #d5a8f8 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 #d5a8f8 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.