Plum

#fbabda

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

Plum sits in the pink band, light and vivid. 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 #fbabda, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fbabda

RGB251, 171, 218

HSL325, 91%, 83%

HSV325, 32%, 98%

CMYK0%, 32%, 13%, 2%

Lab78.87, 36.08, -11.77

XYZ67.0, 54.7, 73.36

Decimal16493530

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone236 C

Shades of plum

#f986ca #f760b9 #f63ba9 #f41698 #d80a83 #b3096c #8d0756 #68053f #430328 #1d0112

Tints of plum

#fbb2dd #fcbfe3 #fcc6e6 #fdcce9 #fdd3ec #fddaef #fee1f2 #fee7f5 #feeef7

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#abfbcc Analogous#f4abfb Analogous#fbabb2 Triadic#dafbab Triadic#abdafb Split complementary#b2fbab Split complementary#abfbf4

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 0, 32, 13, 2.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 32 13 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 16 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Plum in css

Copy #fbabda straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fbabda 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 #fbabda 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 #fbabda 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

Every value on this page for #fbabda is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.