Plum

#b08bb4

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

Plum sits in the pink band, mid and muted. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #b08bb4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b08bb4

RGB176, 139, 180

HSL294, 21%, 63%

HSV294, 23%, 71%

CMYK2%, 23%, 0%, 29%

Lab62.5, 21.3, -16.12

XYZ35.38, 30.99, 47.3

Decimal11570100

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone521 C

Shades of plum

#a479a9 #98689d #885b8d #77507c #67456a #563959 #452e47 #342336 #231724 #120c13

Tints of plum

#b796bb #bea0c2 #c5abc8 #cdb5cf #d4c0d6 #dbcadd #e2d5e4 #e9dfea #f0eaf1 #f8f4f8

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#8fb48b Analogous#9b8bb4 Analogous#b48ba3 Triadic#b4b08b Triadic#8bb4b0 Split complementary#a4b48b Split complementary#8bb49b

Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 2, 23, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b08bb4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 23 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 25 4 35

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 #b08bb4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b08bb4; }
.text { color: #b08bb4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b08bb4; }

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 #b08bb4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b08bb4 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 #b08bb4 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 #b08bb4 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

Every value on this page for #b08bb4 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.