Plum

#dbaeed

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

Plum falls in the purple range, light and strong. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Plum color values

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

Hex#dbaeed

RGB219, 174, 237

HSL283, 64%, 81%

HSV283, 27%, 93%

CMYK8%, 27%, 0%, 7%

Lab76.95, 27.41, -25.27

XYZ59.64, 51.45, 86.91

Decimal14397165

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2562 C

Shades of plum

#cd8fe6 #bf70df #b251d8 #a432d1 #8d28b5 #742196 #5c1a76 #441357 #2c0c38 #130619

Tints of plum

#deb5ee #e1bbf0 #e4c2f1 #e7c9f3 #eacff4 #edd6f6 #f0dcf7 #f3e3f9 #f6eafa #f9f0fc

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#c0edae Analogous#bcaeed Analogous#edaedf Triadic#eddbae Triadic#aeeddb Split complementary#e0edae Split complementary#aeedbb

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 8, 27, 0, 7.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 27 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 29 4 13

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 #dbaeed straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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

Here is how the numbers for #dbaeed are worked out. 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.