Plum

#bca2cf

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

Plum is a light purple with a relaxed cast. 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 #bca2cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bca2cf

RGB188, 162, 207

HSL275, 32%, 72%

HSV275, 22%, 81%

CMYK9%, 22%, 0%, 19%

Lab70.2, 17.91, -19.42

XYZ44.92, 41.04, 64.58

Decimal12362447

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone264 C

Shades of plum

#ac8cc3 #9c75b8 #8c5fac #7b509a #694484 #57386d #452d57 #342141 #22162b #100a14

Tints of plum

#c2aad3 #c8b2d7 #cebadc #d3c2e0 #d9cbe4 #dfd3e8 #e5dbec #ebe3f1 #f1ebf5 #f7f3f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#b5cfa2 Analogous#a6a2cf Analogous#cfa2cb Triadic#cfbca2 Triadic#a2cfbc Split complementary#cbcfa2 Split complementary#a2cfa6

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 9, 22, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bca2cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 22 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 24 4 25

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 #bca2cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bca2cf; }
.text { color: #bca2cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bca2cf; }

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 #bca2cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bca2cf 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 #bca2cf 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 #bca2cf 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 #bca2cf 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.