Plum

#d6b8ee

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 273 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #d6b8ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d6b8ee

RGB214, 184, 238

HSL273, 61%, 83%

HSV273, 23%, 93%

CMYK10%, 23%, 0%, 7%

Lab78.9, 20.6, -22.88

XYZ60.3, 54.75, 88.28

Decimal14072046

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone264 C

Shades of plum

#c498e6 #b279df #9f59d7 #8d3ad0 #792cb7 #642497 #4f1d77 #3a1558 #250d38 #100619

Tints of plum

#d9beef #ddc3f1 #e0c9f2 #e3cff3 #e6d4f5 #eadaf6 #ede0f7 #f0e5f9 #f3ebfa #f7f1fc

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#d0eeb8 Analogous#bbb8ee Analogous#eeb8eb Triadic#eed6b8 Triadic#b8eed6 Split complementary#ebeeb8 Split complementary#b8eebb

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 10, 23, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d6b8ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 23 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 25 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Plum in css

Copy #d6b8ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d6b8ee; }
.text { color: #d6b8ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d6b8ee; }

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 #d6b8ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d6b8ee 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 #d6b8ee 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 #d6b8ee 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 #d6b8ee 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. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.