Plum

#dbb4e6

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

Plum falls in the purple range, light and soft. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #dbb4e6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dbb4e6

RGB219, 180, 230

HSL287, 50%, 80%

HSV287, 22%, 90%

CMYK5%, 22%, 0%, 10%

Lab78.12, 22.79, -19.7

XYZ59.82, 53.42, 82.02

Decimal14398694

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone530 C

Shades of plum

#cd98dd #c07bd3 #b25fca #a442c0 #8d37a5 #752e89 #5c246c #441b50 #2c1133 #140817

Tints of plum

#debae8 #e1c0ea #e4c6ec #e7cdee #ead3f0 #edd9f2 #f0dff4 #f3e5f6 #f6ebf8 #f9f2fb

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#bfe6b4 Analogous#c2b4e6 Analogous#e6b4d8 Triadic#e6dbb4 Triadic#b4e6db Split complementary#d8e6b4 Split complementary#b4e6c2

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 5, 22, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dbb4e6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 22 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 24 4 16

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 #dbb4e6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dbb4e6; }
.text { color: #dbb4e6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dbb4e6; }

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 #dbb4e6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dbb4e6 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 #dbb4e6 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 #dbb4e6 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 #dbb4e6 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.