Plum

#db92c8

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 #db92c8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#db92c8

RGB219, 146, 200

HSL316, 50%, 72%

HSV316, 33%, 86%

CMYK0%, 33%, 9%, 14%

Lab69.32, 35.65, -16.59

XYZ49.92, 39.79, 59.69

Decimal14389960

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone251 C

Shades of plum

#d379bb #ca60af #c247a2 #ae3990 #95317b #7c2966 #622151 #49183d #301028 #170813

Tints of plum

#de9ccd #e1a5d2 #e4afd6 #e8b8db #ebc2e0 #eecbe5 #f1d5ea #f4deef #f7e8f3 #fbf2f8

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#92dba5 Analogous#c992db Analogous#db92a3 Triadic#c8db92 Triadic#92c8db Split complementary#a3db92 Split complementary#92dbca

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 33, 9, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #db92c8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 33 9 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 34 12 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Plum in css

Copy #db92c8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #db92c8; }
.text { color: #db92c8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #db92c8; }

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 #db92c8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #db92c8 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 #db92c8 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 #db92c8 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 #db92c8 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.