Plum

#ec93dc

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 311 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 #ec93dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec93dc

RGB236, 147, 220

HSL311, 70%, 75%

HSV311, 38%, 93%

CMYK0%, 38%, 7%, 7%

Lab72.14, 44.05, -23.18

XYZ57.94, 43.87, 73.12

Decimal15504348

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone251 C

Shades of plum

#e775d2 #e157c9 #dc39bf #ce24af #b01f96 #921a7c #741463 #560f49 #380a30 #1a0516

Tints of plum

#ee9cdf #efa6e2 #f1afe5 #f3b8e8 #f4c1eb #f6cbee #f7d4f1 #f9ddf4 #fbe7f7 #fcf0fa

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#93eca3 Analogous#d093ec Analogous#ec93af Triadic#dcec93 Triadic#93dcec Split complementary#b0ec93 Split complementary#93ecd0

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 38, 7, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec93dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 38 7 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 39 10 13

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #ec93dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec93dc; }
.text { color: #ec93dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec93dc; }

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 #ec93dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec93dc 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 #ec93dc 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 #ec93dc 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 #ec93dc is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.