Plum

#dcbbf2

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

This is Plum, a strong purple at 276 degrees. 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 #dcbbf2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dcbbf2

RGB220, 187, 242

HSL276, 68%, 84%

HSV276, 23%, 95%

CMYK9%, 23%, 0%, 5%

Lab80.27, 21.7, -22.88

XYZ63.31, 57.17, 91.7

Decimal14466034

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2635 C

Shades of plum

#cb9aec #ba78e5 #a857df #9735d8 #8325c1 #6c1e9f #55187e #3f125d #280b3b #11051a

Tints of plum

#dfc0f3 #e1c6f4 #e4cbf5 #e7d0f6 #ead6f7 #ecdbf8 #efe0f9 #f2e5fa #f5ebfb #f7f0fc

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#d1f2bb Analogous#c0bbf2 Analogous#f2bbec Triadic#f2dcbb Triadic#bbf2dc Split complementary#ecf2bb Split complementary#bbf2c1

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 9, 23, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dcbbf2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 23 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 25 4 11

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 #dcbbf2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dcbbf2; }
.text { color: #dcbbf2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dcbbf2; }

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 #dcbbf2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dcbbf2 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 #dcbbf2 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 #dcbbf2 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 #dcbbf2 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.