PURPLE

Plum

#DDA0DD

Conversions

HEX#DDA0DD

RGBrgb(221, 160, 221)

HSLhsl(300, 47%, 75%)

HSVhsv(300, 28%, 87%)

CMYKcmyk(0%, 28%, 0%, 13%)

Copy CSS

color: #dda0dd;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(221, 160, 221);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(300, 47%, 75%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 2.07 : 1

On ink blackPass · 9.25 : 1

Shades

Tints

Pairings

About Plum

Plum is the hex color #DDA0DD, which translates to rgb(221, 160, 221) in RGB and hsl(300, 47%, 75%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 300 degrees, with a saturation of 47 percent and a lightness of 75 percent. That combination puts Plum in the workable middle of the purple family, neither pastel nor fully saturated.

How Plum compares

Plum is exactly the CSS keyword plum, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is purple-300 (#DAB2FF), at a distance of 12.5. Inside this library the closest neighbour is African Violet at 12.9. Sorted by lightness, Plum is number 29 of the 31 purple colors here.

Text on Plum

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Plum, led by Ink black at 9.25:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Plum already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Plum. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	2.07:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	9.25:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Mid grey #6B7280	2.34:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	4.98:1	Pass	Pass	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	1.67:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

Building a palette around Plum

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Plum for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Plum

Format	Value
HEX	#DDA0DD
RGB	rgb(221, 160, 221)
HSL	hsl(300, 47%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(300, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 0%, 13%)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.1078 326.54)
CIELAB	lab(73.37 32.53 -21.99)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.