Plum

#e8aef2

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

This is Plum, a strong pink at 291 degrees. 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 #e8aef2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8aef2

RGB232, 174, 242

HSL291, 72%, 82%

HSV291, 28%, 95%

CMYK4%, 28%, 0%, 5%

Lab78.37, 32.49, -25.69

XYZ64.44, 53.84, 91.0

Decimal15249138

Web safe#ff99ff

Pantone2562 C

Shades of plum

#df8ded #d56ce7 #cc4ae2 #c229dd #a91fc0 #8c1a9f #6e147e #510f5d #340a3c #17041a

Tints of plum

#eab5f3 #ecbbf4 #eec2f5 #efc8f6 #f1cff7 #f3d5f8 #f5dcf9 #f7e2fa #f9e9fb #fbf0fd

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#b8f2ae Analogous#c6aef2 Analogous#f2aeda Triadic#f2e8ae Triadic#aef2e8 Split complementary#daf2ae Split complementary#aef2c6

Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 4, 28, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8aef2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 28 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

8 30 4 11

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 #e8aef2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8aef2; }
.text { color: #e8aef2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8aef2; }

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 #e8aef2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8aef2 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 #e8aef2 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 #e8aef2 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 #e8aef2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.