Plum

#ab8cbf

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

Plum is a mid purple with a grounded cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #ab8cbf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab8cbf

RGB171, 140, 191

HSL276, 28%, 65%

HSV276, 27%, 75%

CMYK10%, 27%, 0%, 25%

Lab62.66, 21.31, -22.14

XYZ35.58, 31.18, 53.43

Decimal11242687

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2645 C

Shades of plum

#9d79b4 #8f65aa #80569b #704b87 #604174 #503661 #402b4e #30203a #201627 #100b14

Tints of plum

#b396c5 #baa1cb #c2abd0 #c9b5d6 #d1c0dc #d8cae2 #e0d4e7 #e7dfed #efe9f3 #f7f4f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#a0bf8c Analogous#928cbf Analogous#bf8cb9 Triadic#bfab8c Triadic#8cbfab Split complementary#babf8c Split complementary#8cbf92

Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 10, 27, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab8cbf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 27 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 29 4 31

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 #ab8cbf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab8cbf; }
.text { color: #ab8cbf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab8cbf; }

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 #ab8cbf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab8cbf 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 #ab8cbf 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 #ab8cbf 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 #ab8cbf come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.