Plum

#c8a7cc

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

This is Plum, a muted pink at 294 degrees. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #c8a7cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8a7cc

RGB200, 167, 204

HSL294, 27%, 73%

HSV294, 18%, 80%

CMYK2%, 18%, 0%, 20%

Lab72.41, 18.56, -14.32

XYZ48.54, 44.28, 63.11

Decimal13150156

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone522 C

Shades of plum

#bb91c0 #ad7cb3 #a066a7 #8e5695 #794a7f #653d6a #503154 #3c243e #271829 #120b13

Tints of plum

#cdafd0 #d2b6d5 #d6bed9 #dbc6de #e0cde2 #e5d5e7 #eaddeb #eee4f0 #f3ecf4 #f8f4f8

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#abcca7 Analogous#b6a7cc Analogous#cca7bd Triadic#ccc8a7 Triadic#a7ccc8 Split complementary#becca7 Split complementary#a7ccb6

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 2, 18, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8a7cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 18 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 21 4 26

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 #c8a7cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8a7cc; }
.text { color: #c8a7cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8a7cc; }

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 #c8a7cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8a7cc 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 #c8a7cc 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 #c8a7cc 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 #c8a7cc are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.