Plum purple Color — HEX, RGB, HSL & CMYK Codes

#4e0550
Format Value
HEX #4e0550
RGB rgb(78, 5, 80)
HSL hsl(298.4, 88.2%, 16.7%)
CMYK cmyk(2.5%, 93.7%, 0%, 68.6%)
HSV hsv(298.4, 93.8%, 31.4%)

plum purple color harmonies

Tints & shades of plum purple

Tints (lighter)

#5e1c60 #6e3270 #7e4980 #8e6090 #9e77a0 #af8daf #bfa4bf #cfbbcf #dfd2df #efe8ef

Shades (darker)

#470549 #400441 #39043a #320333 #2b032c #230224 #1c021d #150116 #0e010f #070007

Contrast & accessibility

The quick brown fox

On white · 14.37:1 · AAA

The quick brown fox

On black · 1.46:1 · Fail

Recommended text color: #ffffff

Use plum purple in code

CSS color: #4e0550;
SCSS $color: #4e0550;
Tailwind bg-[#4e0550]
Swift UIColor(red: 0.306, green: 0.020, blue: 0.314, alpha: 1)
Android Color.parseColor("#4e0550")
Flutter Color(0xFF4E0550)

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What is the HEX code for plum purple?

The CSS color plum purple in HEX format is #4e0550. Use this value directly in CSS, SVG, and most design tools.

How do I use plum purple in CSS?

To apply plum purple in CSS:

  • Text color: color: #4e0550;
  • Background: background-color: #4e0550;
  • Border: border-color: #4e0550;

What are all the color format values for plum purple?

FormatValue
HEX#4e0550
RGBrgb(78, 5, 80)
HSLhsl(298.4, 88.2%, 16.7%)
CMYKcmyk(2.5%, 93.7%, 0%, 68.6%)

How do I convert plum purple to HEX?

Select plum purple from the color name list in our color converter. The HEX value — #4e0550 — appears instantly alongside HEX, RGB, HSL and CMYK.

What color family does plum purple belong to?

plum purple belongs to the pink color family. It is a dark, vivid color with HSL values: hue 298.4°, saturation 88.2%, lightness 16.7%.

How do I create lighter and darker shades of plum purple?

Lighter variant (lightness 31.7%): #940a98. Darker variant (lightness 5%): #170218. These values are computed by adjusting HSL lightness ±15% while keeping the same hue and saturation.

What is HEX used for?

HEX color codes are used in CSS, HTML and design tools. They encode red, green and blue as two hexadecimal digits each (00–FF), forming a compact 6-character code like #ff0000.