Plum

#eeaded

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

Plum sits in the pink band, light and strong. 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 #eeaded, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eeaded
RGB238, 173, 237
HSL301, 66%, 81%
HSV301, 27%, 93%
CMYK0%, 27%, 0%, 7%
Lab78.57, 34.01, -22.63
XYZ65.49, 54.18, 87.13
Decimal15642093
Web safe#ff99ff
Pantone251 C
Pantone251 CHex#eeadedRgb238 173 237Cmyk0 27 0 7Lab79 34 -23Darker#d537d3Deep#e272e0Lighter#f9e7f8

Shades of plum

Tints of plum

Colors that go with plum

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 27, 0, 7.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 27 0 7
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 29 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 #eeaded straight into your stylesheet.

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

How plum looks on light and dark

Plum and accessibility

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

Textwhite text on this color
1.77:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
11.84:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

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

Every value on this page for #eeaded is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.