Plum #DDA0DD

About this color

#DDA0DD is a light, moderately saturated purple. In OKLCH its lightness is 78%, its chroma 0.108 and its hue 327°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. It is the named color Plum. Black text reads best on it, at 10.14:1.

Colors that go with Plum

Matches found by rotating Plum around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Plum

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Plum, closest first.

• Merlot and Wine
• Marshmallow Tea Party
• Ruby Signet
• Amethyst Sachet
• Ember Drive
• Mango Burn
• Powder Sky
• Bonbon Tin

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Plum, with their ΔE distance.

• Pale Violet #CEAEFA ΔE 0.049
• Lilac #CEA2FD ΔE 0.051
• Baby Purple #CA9BF7 ΔE 0.053
• Light Violet #D6B4FC ΔE 0.056
• Pastel Purple #CAA0FF ΔE 0.057
• Lavender Pink #DD85D7 ΔE 0.063
• Faded Pink #DE9DAC ΔE 0.069
• Pale Purple #B790D4 ΔE 0.076

More about Plum

• Shades of purple
• What purple means

How to make Plum

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 2 parts white
• 1 part purple

Recipe result: #D7A7E6, a difference of ΔE 0.019 from Plum. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make purple? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Plum in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Plum

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FBF2FB

   oklch(97.1% 0.015 325.7)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F6E3F5

   oklch(93.6% 0.031 327.4)

3. Step 200

   200

   #EFCCEE

   oklch(88.5% 0.059 327)

4. Step 300

   300 (this color)

   #DDA0DD

   oklch(78.3% 0.108 326.5)

5. Step 400

   400

   #D776D8

   oklch(70.8% 0.171 326.8)

6. Step 500

   500

   #CA4ACE

   oklch(63.1% 0.221 326.6)

7. Step 600

   600

   #B51FBA

   oklch(55.6% 0.239 326.7)

8. Step 700

   700

   #9B0AA1

   oklch(49.1% 0.223 326.3)

9. Step 800

   800

   #7E1282

   oklch(42.6% 0.184 326.5)

10. Step 900

    900

    #661B69

    oklch(37.8% 0.144 326.3)

11. Step 950

    950

    #3C123D

    oklch(27% 0.09 326.8)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Plum with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.