Plum

#d999bd

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

Plum sits in the pink band, light and soft. 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 #d999bd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d999bd

RGB217, 153, 189

HSL326, 46%, 73%

HSV326, 29%, 85%

CMYK0%, 29%, 13%, 15%

Lab70.32, 29.36, -8.99

XYZ49.19, 41.21, 53.51

Decimal14260669

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone515 C

Shades of plum

#d080ad #c7689d #bd4f8d #ab407c #92366a #792d58 #602446 #481b34 #2f1222 #160810

Tints of plum

#dca2c3 #e0abc9 #e3b4ce #e6bdd4 #eac5da #edcee0 #f0d7e5 #f4e0eb #f7e9f1 #faf2f7

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#99d9b5 Analogous#d599d9 Analogous#d9999d Triadic#bdd999 Triadic#99bdd9 Split complementary#9dd999 Split complementary#99d9d5

Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 29, 13, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d999bd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 29 13 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 31 16 21

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Plum in css

Copy #d999bd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d999bd; }
.text { color: #d999bd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d999bd; }

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 #d999bd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d999bd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Plum on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #d999bd 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn plum into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #d999bd 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 #d999bd is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.