Plum

#dca2c2

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

Plum is a light pink, soft and easy to pair. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #dca2c2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dca2c2

RGB220, 162, 194

HSL327, 45%, 75%

HSV327, 26%, 86%

CMYK0%, 26%, 12%, 14%

Lab72.86, 26.38, -7.95

XYZ52.17, 44.95, 56.97

Decimal14459586

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone515 C

Shades of plum

#d288b1 #c96fa1 #bf5590 #af427e #96386c #7c2f5a #632547 #491c35 #301222 #160810

Tints of plum

#dfaac7 #e2b2cc #e5bad2 #e8c2d7 #ebcadc #eed2e1 #f1dae7 #f4e2ec #f7eaf1 #faf2f6

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#a2dcbc Analogous#d9a2dc Analogous#dca2a5 Triadic#c2dca2 Triadic#a2c2dc Split complementary#a5dca2 Split complementary#a2dcd9

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 26, 12, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dca2c2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 12 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 15 20

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 #dca2c2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dca2c2; }
.text { color: #dca2c2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dca2c2; }

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 #dca2c2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dca2c2 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 #dca2c2 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 #dca2c2 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 #dca2c2 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.