Plum

#f09ded

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

Plum is a light pink, open 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 #f09ded, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f09ded
RGB240, 157, 237
HSL302, 73%, 78%
HSV302, 35%, 94%
CMYK0%, 35%, 1%, 6%
Lab75.3, 43.07, -27.6
XYZ63.28, 48.75, 86.2
Decimal15769069
Web safe#ff99ff
Pantone251 C
Pantone251 CHex#f09dedRgb240 157 237Cmyk0 35 1 6Lab75 43 -28Darker#dc22d6Deep#e75fe2Lighter#f8dcf7

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, 35, 1, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f09ded on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 35 1 6
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 36 5 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Plum in css

Copy #f09ded straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f09ded; }
.text { color: #f09ded; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f09ded; }

How plum looks on light and dark

Plum and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f09ded against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.95:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
10.75:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f09ded against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Plum on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f09ded 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn plum into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f09ded 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

The figures for #f09ded come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.