Plum

#e5beff

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 vivid. 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 #e5beff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e5beff

RGB229, 190, 255

HSL276, 100%, 87%

HSV276, 25%, 100%

CMYK10%, 25%, 0%, 0%

Lab82.22, 25.53, -26.8

XYZ68.78, 60.7, 102.7

Decimal15056639

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone264 C

Shades of plum

#d495ff #c46bff #b342ff #a318ff #8f00ee #7600c4 #5d009b #440071 #2b0048 #12001f

Tints of plum

#e7c3ff #e9c7ff #ebccff #edd1ff #eed6ff #f0daff #f2dfff #f4e4ff #f6e8ff #f8edff

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#d8ffbe Analogous#c4beff Analogous#ffbef9 Triadic#ffe5be Triadic#beffe5 Split complementary#f9ffbe Split complementary#beffc5

Plum in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 10, 25, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e5beff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 25 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 27 4 6

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Plum in css

Copy #e5beff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e5beff; }
.text { color: #e5beff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5beff; }

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 #e5beff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e5beff 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 #e5beff 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 #e5beff 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 #e5beff are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.