Plum

#e0a9de

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 302 degrees. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #e0a9de, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e0a9de

RGB224, 169, 222

HSL302, 47%, 77%

HSV302, 25%, 88%

CMYK0%, 25%, 1%, 12%

Lab75.76, 28.86, -18.89

XYZ58.11, 49.5, 75.6

Decimal14723550

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2562 C

Shades of plum

#d68ed4 #cd74ca #c359bf #b642b2 #9c3898 #812f7e #662564 #4c1b4a #311230 #160816

Tints of plum

#e3b0e1 #e5b8e4 #e8bfe6 #ebc6e9 #edcdec #f0d5ef #f2dcf2 #f5e3f4 #f8ebf7 #faf2fa

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#a9e0ab Analogous#c7a9e0 Analogous#e0a9c2 Triadic#dee0a9 Triadic#a9dee0 Split complementary#c3e0a9 Split complementary#a9e0c7

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 25, 1, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e0a9de on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 25 1 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 27 5 18

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 #e0a9de straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e0a9de; }
.text { color: #e0a9de; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e0a9de; }

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 #e0a9de against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e0a9de 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 #e0a9de 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 #e0a9de 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

The figures for #e0a9de come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.