Plum

#eca3eb

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 301 degrees. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #eca3eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eca3eb

RGB236, 163, 235

HSL301, 66%, 78%

HSV301, 31%, 93%

CMYK0%, 31%, 0%, 7%

Lab76.08, 38.3, -25.35

XYZ62.68, 50.03, 84.95

Decimal15508459

Web safe#ff99ff

Pantone251 C

Shades of plum

#e684e4 #df66de #d947d7 #d12bce #b225b0 #931e92 #751874 #561255 #380c37 #190519

Tints of plum

#eeabed #efb2ee #f1baf0 #f2c2f2 #f4caf3 #f6d1f5 #f7d9f7 #f9e1f8 #fae8fa #fcf0fc

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#a3eca4 Analogous#c9a3ec Analogous#eca3c6 Triadic#ebeca3 Triadic#a3ebec Split complementary#c6eca3 Split complementary#a3ecc9

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 31, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eca3eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 31 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 4 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 #eca3eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eca3eb; }
.text { color: #eca3eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eca3eb; }

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 #eca3eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eca3eb 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 #eca3eb 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 #eca3eb 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

The figures for #eca3eb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.