Plum

#ce8ace

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

This is Plum, a soft pink at 300 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #ce8ace, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ce8ace

RGB206, 138, 206

HSL300, 41%, 67%

HSV300, 33%, 81%

CMYK0%, 33%, 0%, 19%

Lab66.33, 36.78, -24.6

XYZ45.68, 35.76, 62.89

Decimal13535950

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2572 C

Shades of plum

#c574c5 #bb5ebb #b04ab0 #9a419a #843784 #6e2e6e #582558 #421c42 #2c122c #160916

Tints of plum

#d294d2 #d79fd7 #dba9db #dfb4df #e4bee4 #e8c9e8 #edd3ed #f1def1 #f5e8f5 #faf2fa

Colors that go with plum

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Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 33, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ce8ace on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 33 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 34 4 25

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 #ce8ace straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ce8ace; }
.text { color: #ce8ace; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ce8ace; }

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 #ce8ace against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ce8ace 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 #ce8ace 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 #ce8ace 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 #ce8ace are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.