Plum Screen
A full-screen solid plum color (#DDA0DD). Fill your whole display, or download the plum screen as an image in 480p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4K or any size you type in.
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What is a plum screen?
A plum screen is simply a web page filled edge to edge with one solid color — Plum, hex #DDA0DD, or rgb(221, 160, 221). It is a light, cool color: in HSL it sits at 300° hue, 47% saturation and 75% lightness, and its relative luminance is 45.7%. plum is one of the standard CSS color names, so it renders identically in every browser.
Plum screen at a glance
How a full-screen plum (#DDA0DD) behaves as a light, a test pattern and a background — measured from the color itself.
| Brightness | 46% of a white screen | A medium light level — comfortable as ambient light. |
|---|---|---|
| Blue light | high (40% of its light) | More blue than a white screen — better for daytime than late at night. |
| Night use | Better for daytime | For a night light, turn the brightness down or choose a warmer screen such as red or orange. |
| Text on it | Black text · 10.1:1 | Excellent contrast for captions or signs (WCAG AAA). |
| Display test | Mixed sub-pixel levels | Good for spotting uneven backlight, banding and tint across the panel. |
What people use a plum screen for
Purple and violet screens are a mainstay of RGB desk setups, gaming rooms and stream overlays, where a purple wash sets the mood without being as harsh as pure red or blue. Purple lights the red and blue sub-pixels together, so it also helps reveal a failing green sub-pixel.
As a test pattern, a flat plum field makes a dead or stuck pixel jump out, and it exercises the red, green and blue sub-pixels.
#DDA0DD) — this is also the preview image shown when you share the page.How to use the plum screen
The color is already set to Plum (#DDA0DD). Tap Open full screen, or the preview, to fill your whole display with plum; press Esc or tap again to exit. To keep a copy, pick a size — 1920 × 1080 for a desktop wallpaper, 1080 × 1920 for a phone or 3840 × 2160 for a 4K TV — and tap Download PNG or JPG. The file is created in your browser and saved as plum-screen-1920x1080.png, with no watermark. A flat plum image compresses to a few kilobytes even at 4K.
Every resolution, aspect ratio and device tip (phones, TVs, projectors, second monitors) is in the full color screen guide.
Plum screen color codes
The full-screen color and every download use exactly these values. Tap any row to copy it.
Contrast against white text 2.07:1 · against black text 10.15:1. See the full Plum color page for harmonies, shades and tints, or open it in the color picker.
Colors that go with a plum screen
Using two screens side by side, a split display or a plum wallpaper with accents? These named colors sit in harmony with Plum on the color wheel:
Build a full scheme from plum in the color matcher or the palette generator, or blend it into another color with the gradient creator for a gradient wallpaper.
Popular color screens
The colors people reach for most often as a full-screen background or light:
Colors similar to Plum
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Plum screen — FAQ
What is the hex code for a plum screen?
A plum screen uses the color Plum, hex #DDA0DD — rgb(221, 160, 221). The full-screen view and every download use exactly that value, and plum also works as a CSS color name.
How do I make my whole screen plum?
Open this page and tap Open full screen (or tap the preview). Your browser fills the entire display with plum and hides its own toolbars; press Esc or tap the screen to come back. To keep it, download it in 1080p, 4K or any size as a free PNG or JPG — no sign-up or watermark.
How bright is a plum screen?
A plum screen gives off about 46% of the light of a white screen at the same brightness setting, a comfortable level for ambient light. About 40% of its light is blue (a white screen is 33%), which counts as high blue light.
What color text is easiest to read on a plum screen?
Black text, with a contrast ratio of 10.1:1, which passes the WCAG guideline for normal text. Check any other pairing in the contrast checker.