Plum

#bca2d5

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

This is Plum, a soft purple at 271 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 #bca2d5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bca2d5

RGB188, 162, 213

HSL271, 38%, 74%

HSV271, 24%, 84%

CMYK12%, 24%, 0%, 16%

Lab70.41, 19.16, -22.41

XYZ45.67, 41.34, 68.52

Decimal12362453

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone264 C

Shades of plum

#ab8aca #9a73c0 #895bb5 #774aa3 #663f8c #553474 #432a5c #321f45 #21142d #0f0a15

Tints of plum

#c2aad9 #c8b2dc #cdbae0 #d3c2e4 #d9cae7 #dfd2eb #e5daef #ebe3f2 #f0ebf6 #f6f3f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#bbd5a2 Analogous#a2a2d5 Analogous#d5a2d5 Triadic#d5bca2 Triadic#a2d5bc Split complementary#d5d5a2 Split complementary#a2d5a2

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 12, 24, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bca2d5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 24 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 26 4 22

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 #bca2d5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bca2d5; }
.text { color: #bca2d5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bca2d5; }

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 #bca2d5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bca2d5 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 #bca2d5 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 #bca2d5 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 #bca2d5 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.