Plum

#e8b7f6

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

This is Plum, a strong purple at 287 degrees. 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 #e8b7f6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8b7f6

RGB232, 183, 246

HSL287, 78%, 84%

HSV287, 26%, 96%

CMYK6%, 26%, 0%, 4%

Lab80.56, 28.45, -24.49

XYZ66.85, 57.68, 94.8

Decimal15251446

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone2562 C

Shades of plum

#dd94f2 #d170ed #c64de9 #bb29e4 #a51acc #8815a9 #6b1185 #4f0c62 #32083f #16031b

Tints of plum

#eabdf7 #edc8f8 #f1d3fa #f3d9fa #f5defb #f6e4fc #f8eafc #faeffd

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#c5f6b7 Analogous#c9b7f6 Analogous#f6b7e4 Triadic#f6e8b7 Triadic#b7f6e8 Split complementary#e5f6b7 Split complementary#b7f6c9

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 6, 26, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8b7f6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 26 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 28 4 10

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

Plum in css

Copy #e8b7f6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8b7f6; }
.text { color: #e8b7f6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8b7f6; }

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 #e8b7f6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8b7f6 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 #e8b7f6 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 #e8b7f6 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 #e8b7f6 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.