Plum

#ffb7eb

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. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #ffb7eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffb7eb

RGB255, 183, 235

HSL317, 100%, 86%

HSV317, 28%, 100%

CMYK0%, 28%, 8%, 0%

Lab82.45, 33.91, -15.53

XYZ73.17, 61.13, 86.54

Decimal16758763

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone236 C

Shades of plum

#ff8ee0 #ff66d4 #ff3dc9 #ff14be #ea00a9 #c2008c #99006e #700051 #470034 #1f0016

Tints of plum

#ffc2ee #ffcdf1 #ffd7f4 #ffddf6 #ffe2f7 #ffe8f9 #ffedfa

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#b7ffcb Analogous#efb7ff Analogous#ffb7c7 Triadic#ebffb7 Triadic#b7ebff Split complementary#c7ffb7 Split complementary#b7ffef

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, 28, 8, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffb7eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 28 8 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 30 11 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 #ffb7eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffb7eb; }
.text { color: #ffb7eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffb7eb; }

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 #ffb7eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffb7eb 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 #ffb7eb 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 #ffb7eb 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 #ffb7eb are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.