Plum

#d8a0cd

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

This is Plum, a soft pink at 312 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 #d8a0cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d8a0cd

RGB216, 160, 205

HSL312, 42%, 74%

HSV312, 26%, 85%

CMYK0%, 26%, 5%, 15%

Lab72.33, 27.98, -14.85

XYZ51.91, 44.15, 63.54

Decimal14196941

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2563 C

Shades of plum

#ce88c0 #c46fb3 #ba57a6 #a94595 #903b7f #78316a #5f2754 #471d3e #2e1329 #160913

Tints of plum

#dba8d1 #dfb0d6 #e2b9da #e6c1de #e9c9e3 #ecd1e7 #f0daeb #f3e2f0 #f6eaf4 #faf2f8

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#a0d8ab Analogous#c7a0d8 Analogous#d8a0b1 Triadic#cdd8a0 Triadic#a0cdd8 Split complementary#b1d8a0 Split complementary#a0d8c7

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 26, 5, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d8a0cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 5 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 9 21

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 #d8a0cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d8a0cd; }
.text { color: #d8a0cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d8a0cd; }

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 #d8a0cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d8a0cd 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 #d8a0cd 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 #d8a0cd 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 #d8a0cd are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.