Plum

#ebc3fc

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

Plum is a pale purple with a gentle cast. 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 #ebc3fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ebc3fc

RGB235, 195, 252

HSL282, 90%, 88%

HSV282, 23%, 99%

CMYK7%, 23%, 0%, 1%

Lab83.82, 24.15, -22.71

XYZ71.35, 63.72, 100.63

Decimal15451132

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone530 C

Shades of plum

#de9bfa #d174f8 #c34cf6 #b624f4 #a30be3 #8709bc #6a0794 #4e056c #310345 #15011d

Tints of plum

#eeccfc #f1d4fd #f4ddfd #f6e5fe #f8eafe #f9eefe

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#d4fcc3 Analogous#cfc3fc Analogous#fcc3f0 Triadic#fcebc3 Triadic#c3fceb Split complementary#f1fcc3 Split complementary#c3fccf

Plum in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 7, 23, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ebc3fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 23 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 25 4 7

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 #ebc3fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ebc3fc; }
.text { color: #ebc3fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ebc3fc; }

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 #ebc3fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ebc3fc 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 #ebc3fc 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 #ebc3fc 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 #ebc3fc are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.