Plum

#e2b4ed

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

Plum is a light purple with a soft cast. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #e2b4ed, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e2b4ed

RGB226, 180, 237

HSL288, 61%, 82%

HSV288, 24%, 93%

CMYK5%, 24%, 0%, 7%

Lab79.0, 26.41, -22.08

XYZ62.97, 54.93, 87.4

Decimal14857453

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2562 C

Shades of plum

#d695e6 #ca76de #be57d7 #b237cf #9a2bb4 #7f2495 #651c76 #4a1557 #300d38 #150619

Tints of plum

#e4baee #e7c0f0 #e9c6f1 #ebccf3 #eed2f4 #f0d8f6 #f2def7 #f5e4f9 #f7ebfa #f9f1fc

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#bfedb4 Analogous#c6b4ed Analogous#edb4db Triadic#ede2b4 Triadic#b4ede2 Split complementary#dbedb4 Split complementary#b4edc6

Plum in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 5, 24, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e2b4ed on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 24 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 26 4 13

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #e2b4ed straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e2b4ed; }
.text { color: #e2b4ed; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e2b4ed; }

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 #e2b4ed against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e2b4ed 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 #e2b4ed 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 #e2b4ed 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 #e2b4ed is computed, not guessed. 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.