Plum

#d68bbc

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

Plum is a mid pink, confident and easy to pair. 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 #d68bbc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d68bbc

RGB214, 139, 188

HSL321, 48%, 69%

HSV321, 35%, 84%

CMYK0%, 35%, 12%, 16%

Lab66.82, 35.7, -13.72

XYZ46.04, 36.39, 52.17

Decimal14060476

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone514 C

Shades of plum

#ce73ae #c55ba0 #bd4493 #a63b80 #8e326e #762a5b #5e2149 #461937 #2e1024 #170812

Tints of plum

#da95c2 #dda0c8 #e1aace #e5b4d4 #e8beda #ecc9e0 #efd3e6 #f3ddec #f7e8f1 #faf2f7

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#8bd6a5 Analogous#ca8bd6 Analogous#d68b97 Triadic#bcd68b Triadic#8bbcd6 Split complementary#96d68b Split complementary#8bd6ca

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 35, 12, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d68bbc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 35 12 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 36 15 22

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 #d68bbc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d68bbc; }
.text { color: #d68bbc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d68bbc; }

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 #d68bbc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d68bbc 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 #d68bbc 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 #d68bbc 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 #d68bbc is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.