Plum

#f3c5fe

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

Plum falls in the purple range, pale and vivid. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #f3c5fe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f3c5fe

RGB243, 197, 254

HSL288, 97%, 88%

HSV288, 22%, 100%

CMYK4%, 22%, 0%, 0%

Lab85.07, 26.02, -21.81

XYZ74.82, 66.14, 102.59

Decimal15975934

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone530 C

Shades of plum

#ea9cfd #e272fd #d949fc #d120fb #c004ed #9e03c3 #7d039a #5b0271 #3a0147 #18011e

Tints of plum

#f5cdfe #f6d5fe #f8ddfe #f9e1fe #fbe9ff #fbedff

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#d0fec5 Analogous#d7c5fe Analogous#fec5ec Triadic#fef3c5 Triadic#c5fef3 Split complementary#ecfec5 Split complementary#c5fed7

Plum in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 4, 22, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f3c5fe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 22 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

8 24 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 #f3c5fe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f3c5fe; }
.text { color: #f3c5fe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f3c5fe; }

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 #f3c5fe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f3c5fe 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 #f3c5fe 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 #f3c5fe 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 #f3c5fe are worked out. 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.