Plum

#db91bb

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 #db91bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#db91bb

RGB219, 145, 187

HSL326, 51%, 71%

HSV326, 34%, 86%

CMYK0%, 34%, 15%, 14%

Lab68.68, 34.03, -10.31

XYZ48.31, 38.9, 51.98

Decimal14389691

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone673 C

Shades of plum

#d378ab #cb5f9c #c2468c #ae397b #953169 #7c2858 #622046 #491834 #301022 #170810

Tints of plum

#de9bc1 #e1a4c7 #e4aecd #e8b8d3 #ebc1d9 #eecbdf #f1d5e5 #f4deeb #f7e8f1 #fbf2f7

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#91dbb1 Analogous#d691db Analogous#db9196 Triadic#bbdb91 Triadic#91bbdb Split complementary#96db91 Split complementary#91dbd6

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, 34, 15, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #db91bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 34 15 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 35 18 20

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 #db91bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #db91bb; }
.text { color: #db91bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #db91bb; }

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 #db91bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #db91bb 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 #db91bb 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 #db91bb 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 #db91bb is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.