Plum Color Palettes
Twelve plum palettes with hex codes — generate endless more with the free tool below.
#6a2f68 · #682755 · #581b7e · #694e1c · #68224a
#70195c · #6a2f46 · #4d2060 · #8a7133 · #762d45
#a52790 · #7d3150 · #4e265f · #93722f · #773753
#842a84 · #7d3664 · #5b2178 · #9f7823 · #841f57
#6a245e · #90375d · #5f2b64 · #8f8e38 · #862d49
#652a5b · #701941 · #691f84 · #6b601a · #8a3852
#873173 · #681831 · #552e61 · #868337 · #7d1c32
#8a286d · #753346 · #712772 · #8c8f2d · #822b38
#702e63 · #863c5d · #82279b · #776c37 · #8b3c50
#6d2763 · #81284d · #541a65 · #817636 · #5a2631
#802d7c · #91225f · #72289a · #876b40 · #792a56
#702a79 · #7c2761 · #491c7d · #776037 · #7d215b
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Plum sits on the purple side of the dark-fruit reds: where burgundy is a red with blue manners, plum is a violet with red warmth, and the two part ways most visibly in their company. This scheme hands plum an antique gold and a wine-rose pink — the default accents would have supplied murky dark greens, which drag a purple this deep toward Halloween scenery. Plum reads plush and adult: premium chocolate, perfume, boutique hotels, and evening wear live here, and it takes gold treatments nearly as well as burgundy does. Its screen fragility matches other very dark saturated hues — below roughly 25 percent lightness the violet identity crushes out on dim displays — so keep working swatches above that line and spend the near-black end only on large fields. A pale blush tint of the same hue makes the natural highlight.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between plum and burgundy?
Direction of lean. Burgundy is red that acquired blue manners; plum is violet that kept red warmth. In practice burgundy pairs naturally with gold and libraries, plum with perfume and dusk — close neighbors, different rooms.
What accent colors work with plum?
Antique gold and wine-rose pinks, which this scheme generates instead of the default dark greens — greens against deep purple go murky and costumey fast. A pale blush tint from the same hue family makes the best highlight.
Why does plum turn black on my phone?
Very dark saturated purples crush easily on dim or low-end displays. Keep working swatches above roughly 25 percent lightness and treat anything darker as a large-area field color, never as a small element that must stay identifiable.