Plum

#f8b2fa

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

Plum is a light pink, soft and easy to pair. 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 #f8b2fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f8b2fa

RGB248, 178, 250

HSL298, 88%, 84%

HSV298, 29%, 98%

CMYK1%, 29%, 0%, 2%

Lab81.13, 36.91, -25.63

XYZ71.89, 58.7, 97.98

Decimal16298746

Web safe#ff99ff

Pantone251 C

Shades of plum

#f58df8 #f167f5 #ee42f3 #ea1df0 #d20ed7 #ad0cb2 #89098d #650767 #400442 #1c021d

Tints of plum

#f9b8fa #f9befb #fac4fb #facafc #fbd0fc #fbd6fc #fcdcfd #fce2fd #fde8fe #fdeefe

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#b4fab2 Analogous#d4b2fa Analogous#fab2d8 Triadic#faf8b2 Triadic#b2faf8 Split complementary#d8fab2 Split complementary#b2fad4

Plum in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 1, 29, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f8b2fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 29 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 31 4 8

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 #f8b2fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f8b2fa; }
.text { color: #f8b2fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f8b2fa; }

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 #f8b2fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f8b2fa 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 #f8b2fa 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn plum into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f8b2fa 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 #f8b2fa 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.