Plum

#d3b4e5

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

Plum falls in the purple range, light and soft. 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 #d3b4e5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d3b4e5

RGB211, 180, 229

HSL278, 49%, 80%

HSV278, 21%, 90%

CMYK8%, 21%, 0%, 10%

Lab77.37, 20.0, -20.37

XYZ57.33, 52.15, 81.17

Decimal13874405

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone2635 C

Shades of plum

#c398db #b27cd2 #a260c8 #9144be #7c39a3 #672f87 #51256b #3c1b4f #271233 #110817

Tints of plum

#d7bae7 #dac0e9 #dec7eb #e1cdee #e5d3f0 #e9d9f2 #ecdff4 #f0e5f6 #f4ecf8 #f7f2fa

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#c6e5b4 Analogous#bbb4e5 Analogous#e5b4df Triadic#e5d3b4 Triadic#b4e5d3 Split complementary#dfe5b4 Split complementary#b4e5bb

Plum in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 8, 21, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d3b4e5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 21 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 23 4 16

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 #d3b4e5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d3b4e5; }
.text { color: #d3b4e5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d3b4e5; }

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 #d3b4e5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d3b4e5 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 #d3b4e5 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 #d3b4e5 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 #d3b4e5 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.