Plum

#eec0ff

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 quiet 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 #eec0ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eec0ff

RGB238, 192, 255

HSL284, 100%, 88%

HSV284, 25%, 100%

CMYK7%, 25%, 0%, 0%

Lab83.49, 27.28, -24.78

XYZ72.16, 63.1, 102.98

Decimal15646975

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone2562 C

Shades of plum

#e396ff #d86dff #cc43ff #c119ff #ae00ef #9000c5 #72009c #530072 #350048 #16001f

Tints of plum

#f0c9ff #f2ceff #f4d7ff #f7e0ff #f8e4ff #f9e9ff #faedff

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#d1ffc0 Analogous#cfc0ff Analogous#ffc0f0 Triadic#ffeec0 Triadic#c0ffee Split complementary#f1ffc0 Split complementary#c0ffce

Plum in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 7, 25, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eec0ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 25 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 27 4 6

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 #eec0ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eec0ff; }
.text { color: #eec0ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eec0ff; }

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 #eec0ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eec0ff 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 #eec0ff 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 #eec0ff 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 #eec0ff are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.