Plum

#fcc3fc

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

Plum is a pale pink, airy and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #fcc3fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fcc3fc

RGB252, 195, 252

HSL300, 90%, 88%

HSV300, 23%, 99%

CMYK0%, 23%, 0%, 1%

Lab85.38, 29.59, -20.2

XYZ77.23, 66.75, 100.91

Decimal16565244

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone243 C

Shades of plum

#fa9bfa #f874f8 #f64cf6 #f424f4 #e30be3 #bc09bc #940794 #6c056c #450345 #1d011d

Tints of plum

#fcc7fc #fcccfc #fdd0fd #fdd4fd #fdd8fd #fdddfd #fee1fe #fee5fe #feeafe #feeefe

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#c3fcc3 Analogous#dfc3fc Analogous#fcc3e0 Triadic#fcfcc3 Triadic#c3fcfc Split complementary#e0fcc3 Split complementary#c3fce0

Plum in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 23, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fcc3fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 23 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 25 4 7

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 #fcc3fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fcc3fc; }
.text { color: #fcc3fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fcc3fc; }

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 #fcc3fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fcc3fc 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 #fcc3fc 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 #fcc3fc 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 #fcc3fc is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.