Plum

#e7a5cd

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. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #e7a5cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e7a5cd

RGB231, 165, 205

HSL324, 58%, 78%

HSV324, 29%, 91%

CMYK0%, 29%, 11%, 9%

Lab75.02, 30.38, -10.65

XYZ57.43, 48.31, 64.05

Decimal15181261

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone515 C

Shades of plum

#df88bd #d86bad #d04e9d #c5358c #a82d78 #8c2563 #6f1e4f #52163a #350e26 #180611

Tints of plum

#e9add1 #ebb4d5 #edbcda #efc3de #f1cbe2 #f3d3e6 #f5daeb #f7e2ef #f9e9f3 #fbf1f7

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#a5e7bf Analogous#e0a5e7 Analogous#e7a5ac Triadic#cde7a5 Triadic#a5cde7 Split complementary#ace7a5 Split complementary#a5e7e0

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 29, 11, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e7a5cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 29 11 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 31 14 15

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 #e7a5cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e7a5cd; }
.text { color: #e7a5cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e7a5cd; }

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 #e7a5cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e7a5cd 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 #e7a5cd 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 #e7a5cd 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 #e7a5cd 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.