CSS named color

Plum #DDA0DD

Plum is light magenta. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Plum used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox
2.07:1

On white

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✕
Aa The quick brown fox
10.15:1

On black

AA ✓ AAA ✓ AA Large ✓

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Plum — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white
Shadesmixed toward black
Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Plum by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#DDA0DD ≈ Thistle #A1DDA1 ≈ Light Green

Analogous

#BFA1DD ≈ Plum #DDA0DD ≈ Thistle #DDA1BF ≈ Plum

Triadic

#DDA0DD ≈ Thistle #DDDDA1 ≈ Pale Goldenrod #A1DDDD ≈ Light Blue

Split-complementary

#DDA0DD ≈ Thistle #BFDDA1 ≈ Silver #A1DDBF ≈ Light Blue

Tetradic

#DDA0DD ≈ Thistle #DDBFA1 ≈ Burlywood #A1DDA1 ≈ Light Green #A1BFDD ≈ Light Steel Blue

Use Plum in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#dda0dd], border-[#dda0dd].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Plum into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

Extract a theme →

Similar named colors

Thistle #D8BFD8 Violet #EE82EE Light Pink #FFB6C1 Pink #FFC0CB Silver #C0C0C0 Orchid #DA70D6

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