Plum

#dd9ded

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 288 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 #dd9ded, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dd9ded

RGB221, 157, 237

HSL288, 69%, 77%

HSV288, 34%, 93%

CMYK7%, 34%, 0%, 7%

Lab73.29, 37.19, -30.87

XYZ57.16, 45.6, 85.91

Decimal14523885

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone251 C

Shades of plum

#d27ee7 #c860e2 #bd41dc #b027d2 #9621b3 #7c1b95 #631676 #491057 #2f0a39 #16051a

Tints of plum

#e0a5ef #e3aef0 #e6b6f2 #e9bef3 #ebc6f5 #eecff6 #f1d7f8 #f4dff9 #f7e8fb #faf0fc

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#aded9d Analogous#b59ded Analogous#ed9dd5 Triadic#eddd9d Triadic#9deddd Split complementary#d5ed9d Split complementary#9dedb5

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 7, 34, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dd9ded on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 34 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 35 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Plum in css

Copy #dd9ded straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dd9ded; }
.text { color: #dd9ded; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dd9ded; }

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 #dd9ded against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dd9ded 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 #dd9ded 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 #dd9ded 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 #dd9ded 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.