Plum

#e09cef

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 #e09cef, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e09cef

RGB224, 156, 239

HSL289, 72%, 77%

HSV289, 35%, 94%

CMYK6%, 35%, 0%, 6%

Lab73.45, 39.04, -31.68

XYZ58.21, 45.86, 87.44

Decimal14720239

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone251 C

Shades of plum

#d67dea #cc5de5 #c33ee0 #b623d7 #9b1eb7 #811998 #661378 #4c0e59 #31093a #16041a

Tints of plum

#e3a4f0 #e5adf2 #e8b5f3 #eabdf4 #edc6f6 #f0cef7 #f2d7f8 #f5dffa #f8e7fb #faf0fd

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#abef9c Analogous#b69cef Analogous#ef9cd4 Triadic#efe09c Triadic#9cefe0 Split complementary#d5ef9c Split complementary#9cefb6

Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 6, 35, 0, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e09cef on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 35 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 36 4 12

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

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #e09cef straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e09cef; }
.text { color: #e09cef; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e09cef; }

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 #e09cef against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e09cef 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 #e09cef 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 #e09cef 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 #e09cef is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.