Plum

#d797e2

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

This is Plum, a strong pink at 291 degrees. 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 #d797e2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d797e2

RGB215, 151, 226

HSL291, 56%, 74%

HSV291, 33%, 89%

CMYK5%, 33%, 0%, 11%

Lab70.92, 36.42, -28.55

XYZ52.82, 42.07, 77.29

Decimal14129122

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of plum

#cd7cda #c261d3 #b846cb #a734ba #8f2c9f #762584 #5e1d69 #46164e #2e0e33 #150718

Tints of plum

#daa0e5 #dea9e7 #e1b2ea #e5bbec #e8c4ef #eccdf1 #efd6f4 #f3dff6 #f6e8f9 #faf1fb

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#a2e297 Analogous#b297e2 Analogous#e297c7 Triadic#e2d797 Triadic#97e2d7 Split complementary#c8e297 Split complementary#97e2b2

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 5, 33, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d797e2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 33 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 34 4 17

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 #d797e2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d797e2; }
.text { color: #d797e2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d797e2; }

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 #d797e2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d797e2 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 #d797e2 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 #d797e2 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 #d797e2 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.