Plum

#cea4ea

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

This is Plum, a strong purple at 276 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #cea4ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cea4ea

RGB206, 164, 234

HSL276, 62%, 78%

HSV276, 30%, 92%

CMYK12%, 30%, 0%, 8%

Lab73.29, 28.15, -29.35

XYZ53.58, 45.61, 83.82

Decimal13542634

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone264 C

Shades of plum

#be86e3 #ae68dc #9e4ad5 #8d2fcc #7928ae #642190 #4f1a72 #3b1455 #260d37 #110619

Tints of plum

#d2acec #d6b3ee #dabbef #dec3f1 #e3caf3 #e7d2f5 #ebdaf6 #efe1f8 #f3e9fa #f7f0fc

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#c0eaa4 Analogous#aba4ea Analogous#eaa4e3 Triadic#eacea4 Triadic#a4eace Split complementary#e3eaa4 Split complementary#a4eaab

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 12, 30, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cea4ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 30 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 32 4 14

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Plum in css

Copy #cea4ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cea4ea; }
.text { color: #cea4ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cea4ea; }

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 #cea4ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cea4ea against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Plum on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cea4ea 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn plum into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cea4ea 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

Every value on this page for #cea4ea is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.