Plum

#cd9dcd

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

Plum is a light pink, relaxed and easy to pair. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #cd9dcd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd9dcd

RGB205, 157, 205

HSL300, 32%, 71%

HSV300, 23%, 80%

CMYK0%, 23%, 0%, 20%

Lab70.53, 25.92, -17.67

XYZ48.25, 41.5, 63.22

Decimal13475277

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2563 C

Shades of plum

#c287c2 #b771b7 #ab5bab #984e98 #824282 #6c376c #562c56 #402140 #2a162a #140a14

Tints of plum

#d1a6d1 #d6aed6 #dab7da #dfbfdf #e3c8e3 #e7d1e7 #ecd9ec #f0e2f0 #f5ebf5 #f9f3f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#9dcd9d Analogous#b59dcd Analogous#cd9db5 Triadic#cdcd9d Triadic#9dcdcd Split complementary#b5cd9d Split complementary#9dcdb5

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 0, 23, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd9dcd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 23 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 25 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 #cd9dcd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd9dcd; }
.text { color: #cd9dcd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd9dcd; }

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 #cd9dcd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd9dcd 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 #cd9dcd 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 #cd9dcd 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 #cd9dcd 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.