Plum

#dfb8fa

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 vivid. 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 #dfb8fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfb8fa

RGB223, 184, 250

HSL275, 87%, 85%

HSV275, 26%, 98%

CMYK11%, 26%, 0%, 2%

Lab80.11, 25.87, -27.4

XYZ64.83, 56.87, 98.0

Decimal14661882

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone264 C

Shades of plum

#ce92f7 #bd6df5 #ac47f2 #9b21ef #860fd9 #6f0db3 #580a8e #400768 #290542 #12021d

Tints of plum

#e1bdfa #e4c3fb #e6c8fb #e9cefc #ebd3fc #eed9fc #f0defd #f3e3fd #f5e9fd #f7eefe

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#d3fab8 Analogous#beb8fa Analogous#fab8f4 Triadic#fadfb8 Triadic#b8fadf Split complementary#f4fab8 Split complementary#b8fabe

Plum in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 11, 26, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfb8fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 26 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 28 4 8

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #dfb8fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfb8fa; }
.text { color: #dfb8fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfb8fa; }

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 #dfb8fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfb8fa 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 #dfb8fa 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 #dfb8fa 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 #dfb8fa are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.