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Plum #DDA0DD

#DDA0DD · rgb(221, 160, 221)

Plum is the color #DDA0DD. In RGB it is rgb(221, 160, 221) — 87% red, 63% green and 87% blue. Its CMYK breakdown is 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black, and in HSL it sits at 300° hue, 47% saturation and 75% lightness. Plum is one of the 140 standard CSS / HTML color names, so color: plum works in CSS. The closest web-safe color is #CC99CC.

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Plum color codes

Hex#DDA0DD
RGBrgb(221, 160, 221)
RGB %87%, 63%, 87%
HSLhsl(300, 47%, 75%)
HSV / HSBhsv(300, 28%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 28%, 0%, 13%)
OKLCHoklch(78% 0.108 327)
Closest web-safe#CC99CC

Contrast

Contrast ratio of Plum against white and black text (WCAG 2.1 needs 4.5:1 for body text).

White text — 2.07:1 Black text — 10.15:1

Shades, tints & tones

Shades — toward black
Tints — toward white
Tones — toward gray

Color harmonies

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Analogous
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Triadic
Tetradic
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