Plum

#daa4e2

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. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #daa4e2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#daa4e2

RGB218, 164, 226

HSL292, 52%, 76%

HSV292, 27%, 89%

CMYK4%, 27%, 0%, 11%

Lab74.16, 30.35, -23.56

XYZ55.92, 46.95, 78.07

Decimal14329058

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2562 C

Shades of plum

#cf89d9 #c46dd1 #b952c8 #aa3cbb #91339f #792a84 #602169 #47194e #2e1032 #150717

Tints of plum

#ddace4 #e0b3e7 #e3bbe9 #e7c3ec #eacbee #edd2f1 #f0daf3 #f3e2f6 #f6eaf8 #f9f1fb

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#ace2a4 Analogous#bba4e2 Analogous#e2a4cb Triadic#e2daa4 Triadic#a4e2da Split complementary#cbe2a4 Split complementary#a4e2bb

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 4, 27, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #daa4e2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 27 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

8 29 4 17

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 #daa4e2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #daa4e2; }
.text { color: #daa4e2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #daa4e2; }

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 #daa4e2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #daa4e2 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 #daa4e2 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 #daa4e2 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 #daa4e2 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.