Plum colour
A deep purple with red undertones named after the fruit. Rich and moody, it adds drama to design.
Plum colour codes
Complementary palette
Triad palette
Monochromatic palette
Lighter tints
Darker shades
About plum
A deep purple with red undertones named after the fruit. Rich and moody, it adds drama to design. The value shown here (#8E4585) is a widely used representation — descriptive colour names like this cover a small range rather than one fixed code, so feel free to nudge it in the colour picker to suit your project.
Palettes that work with plum
The complementary colour (#458E4E) sits opposite plum on the wheel for high contrast, while the triad spreads three balanced hues. For subtle, layered designs the monochromatic set keeps the same hue at different lightness. All are generated automatically above — click any swatch to copy.
Using plum in your design
For CSS, paste #8E4585 or the oklch(0.51 0.13 332) value, or download the ready-made plum.css file above — it includes a full 50–950 token scale. Always check contrast before using plum behind text.