Plum

#e18bc7

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

Plum sits in the pink band, light and strong. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #e18bc7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e18bc7

RGB225, 139, 199

HSL318, 59%, 71%

HSV318, 38%, 88%

CMYK0%, 38%, 12%, 12%

Lab68.46, 41.17, -17.27

XYZ50.59, 38.6, 58.82

Decimal14781383

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone514 C

Shades of plum

#da71ba #d356ad #cc3ca1 #b72f8e #9d297a #822265 #681b51 #4d143c #330d27 #180613

Tints of plum

#e495cc #e69fd1 #e9aad6 #ecb4db #eebee0 #f1c8e4 #f3d2e9 #f6dcee #f9e7f3 #fbf1f8

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#8be1a5 Analogous#d08be1 Analogous#e18b9c Triadic#c7e18b Triadic#8bc7e1 Split complementary#9ce18b Split complementary#8be1d0

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 0, 38, 12, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e18bc7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 38 12 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 39 15 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Plum in css

Copy #e18bc7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e18bc7; }
.text { color: #e18bc7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e18bc7; }

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 #e18bc7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e18bc7 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 #e18bc7 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 #e18bc7 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 #e18bc7 is computed, not guessed. 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.