Plum

#ebaef3

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 293 degrees. 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 #ebaef3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ebaef3

RGB235, 174, 243

HSL293, 74%, 82%

HSV293, 28%, 95%

CMYK3%, 28%, 0%, 5%

Lab78.7, 33.63, -25.7

XYZ65.57, 54.41, 91.84

Decimal15445747

Web safe#ff99ff

Pantone2562 C

Shades of plum

#e38cee #da6be9 #d249e4 #ca27df #b01dc3 #9118a1 #731380 #550e5e #36093c #18041b

Tints of plum

#edb5f4 #eebbf5 #f0c2f6 #f1c8f7 #f3cff8 #f5d5f9 #f6dcfa #f8e2fb #fae9fc #fbeffd

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#b6f3ae Analogous#c8aef3 Analogous#f3aed9 Triadic#f3ebae Triadic#aef3eb Split complementary#d9f3ae Split complementary#aef3c9

Plum in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 3, 28, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ebaef3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 28 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 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 #ebaef3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ebaef3; }
.text { color: #ebaef3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ebaef3; }

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 #ebaef3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ebaef3 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 #ebaef3 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 #ebaef3 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 #ebaef3 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.