Plum

#d6a2bc

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 330 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 #d6a2bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d6a2bc

RGB214, 162, 188

HSL330, 39%, 74%

HSV330, 24%, 84%

CMYK0%, 24%, 12%, 16%

Lab72.07, 23.27, -5.88

XYZ49.73, 43.77, 53.4

Decimal14066364

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone680 C

Shades of plum

#cb8aab #c17299 #b65a88 #a54977 #8d3e66 #753454 #5d2943 #451e32 #2d1421 #15090f

Tints of plum

#daaac2 #ddb2c8 #e1bacd #e4c2d3 #e8cad9 #ebd2df #efdae5 #f2e2ea #f6ebf0 #faf3f6

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#a2d6bc Analogous#d6a2d6 Analogous#d6a2a2 Triadic#bcd6a2 Triadic#a2bcd6 Split complementary#a2d6a2 Split complementary#a2d6d6

Plum in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 24, 12, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d6a2bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 24 12 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 26 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 #d6a2bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d6a2bc; }
.text { color: #d6a2bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d6a2bc; }

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 #d6a2bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d6a2bc 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 #d6a2bc 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 #d6a2bc 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 #d6a2bc is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.