Plum

#ea9ffe

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. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #ea9ffe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea9ffe
RGB234, 159, 254
HSL287, 98%, 81%
HSV287, 37%, 100%
CMYK8%, 37%, 0%, 0%
Lab75.73, 43.37, -36.21
XYZ64.22, 49.44, 99.92
Decimal15376382
Web safe#ff99ff
Pantone251 C
Pantone251 CHex#ea9ffeRgb234 159 254Cmyk8 37 0 0Lab76 43 -36Darker#cb12fdDeep#db58fdLighter#f8e2fd

Shades of plum

Tints of plum

Colors that go with plum

Plum in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 8, 37, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea9ffe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
8 37 0 0
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
11 38 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Plum in css

Copy #ea9ffe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea9ffe; }
.text { color: #ea9ffe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea9ffe; }

How plum looks on light and dark

Plum and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ea9ffe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.93:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
10.89:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea9ffe 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 #ea9ffe sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #ea9ffe and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from plum, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #ea9ffe come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.