Plum

#d8a2c0

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

Plum sits in the pink band, light and soft. 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 #d8a2c0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d8a2c0

RGB216, 162, 192

HSL327, 41%, 74%

HSV327, 25%, 85%

CMYK0%, 25%, 11%, 15%

Lab72.39, 24.64, -7.59

XYZ50.75, 44.25, 55.73

Decimal14197440

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone257 C

Shades of plum

#ce8aaf #c3719f #b9598e #a8477d #903c6b #773259 #5f2846 #471e34 #2e1322 #160910

Tints of plum

#dbaac5 #dfb2cb #e2bad0 #e5c2d6 #e9cadb #ecd2e1 #f0dae6 #f3e2ec #f6eaf1 #faf2f6

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#a2d8ba Analogous#d5a2d8 Analogous#d8a2a5 Triadic#c0d8a2 Triadic#a2c0d8 Split complementary#a5d8a2 Split complementary#a2d8d5

Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 25, 11, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d8a2c0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 25 11 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 27 14 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 #d8a2c0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d8a2c0; }
.text { color: #d8a2c0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d8a2c0; }

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 #d8a2c0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d8a2c0 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 #d8a2c0 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 #d8a2c0 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

The figures for #d8a2c0 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.