Plum

#ef89cd

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

Plum is a light pink, relaxed and easy to pair. 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 #ef89cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ef89cd

RGB239, 137, 205

HSL320, 76%, 74%

HSV320, 43%, 94%

CMYK0%, 43%, 14%, 6%

Lab69.93, 47.68, -18.22

XYZ55.56, 40.65, 62.68

Decimal15698381

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone237 C

Shades of plum

#eb6bc0 #e74cb3 #e32ea6 #d11c95 #b3187f #95146a #761054 #580c3e #390829 #1b0413

Tints of plum

#f093d1 #f29dd6 #f3a8da #f5b2de #f6bce3 #f7c6e7 #f9d1eb #fadbf0 #fbe5f4 #fdeff8

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#89efab Analogous#de89ef Analogous#ef899a Triadic#cdef89 Triadic#89cdef Split complementary#9aef89 Split complementary#89efde

Plum in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 43, 14, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ef89cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 43 14 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 17 12

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 #ef89cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ef89cd; }
.text { color: #ef89cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ef89cd; }

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 #ef89cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ef89cd 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 #ef89cd 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 #ef89cd 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 #ef89cd are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.