Plum

#ca9aee

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for plum, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Plum falls in the purple range, light and strong. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #ca9aee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca9aee

RGB202, 154, 238

HSL274, 71%, 77%

HSV274, 35%, 93%

CMYK15%, 35%, 0%, 7%

Lab70.76, 33.25, -35.47

XYZ51.35, 41.84, 86.26

Decimal13277934

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2645 C

Shades of plum

#ba7be9 #aa5ce4 #993dde #8824d4 #741eb5 #601996 #4d1477 #390f58 #250a39 #11041a

Tints of plum

#cea3ef #d3abf1 #d7b4f2 #dcbcf4 #e0c5f5 #e5cdf7 #e9d6f8 #eedffa #f2e7fb #f7f0fc

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#beee9a Analogous#a09aee Analogous#ee9ae8 Triadic#eeca9a Triadic#9aeeca Split complementary#e8ee9a Split complementary#9aeea0

Plum in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 15, 35, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca9aee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 35 0 7

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 36 4 13

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Plum in css

Copy #ca9aee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca9aee; }
.text { color: #ca9aee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca9aee; }

How plum looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Plum and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ca9aee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca9aee against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Plum on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ca9aee sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around plum? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn plum into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ca9aee and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from plum, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ca9aee are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.