Plum

#cb9fbf

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

Plum is a light pink, soft and easy to pair. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #cb9fbf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cb9fbf

RGB203, 159, 191

HSL316, 30%, 71%

HSV316, 22%, 80%

CMYK0%, 22%, 6%, 20%

Lab70.35, 21.57, -10.21

XYZ46.43, 41.25, 54.81

Decimal13344703

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone257 C

Shades of plum

#bf8ab1 #b474a2 #a85f94 #955182 #7f456f #6a395d #542e4a #3f2237 #291624 #140b11

Tints of plum

#d0a7c5 #d4b0ca #d9b8d0 #ddc1d6 #e2c9db #e6d2e1 #ebdae6 #f0e3ec #f4ebf2 #f9f3f7

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#9fcbab Analogous#c19fcb Analogous#cb9fa9 Triadic#bfcb9f Triadic#9fbfcb Split complementary#a9cb9f Split complementary#9fcbc1

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 22, 6, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cb9fbf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 6 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 10 26

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 #cb9fbf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cb9fbf; }
.text { color: #cb9fbf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cb9fbf; }

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 #cb9fbf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cb9fbf 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 #cb9fbf 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 #cb9fbf 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 #cb9fbf 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 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.