Plum

#e8a6f9

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 open 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 #e8a6f9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8a6f9

RGB232, 166, 249

HSL288, 87%, 81%

HSV288, 33%, 98%

CMYK7%, 33%, 0%, 2%

Lab76.84, 38.1, -31.8

XYZ64.01, 51.27, 96.14

Decimal15247097

Web safe#ff99ff

Pantone251 C

Shades of plum

#df82f7 #d55ef4 #cc3af2 #c316ef #a90ed1 #8c0cad #6f0989 #510765 #340441 #17021d

Tints of plum

#eaadf9 #ecb4fa #eebcfa #efc3fb #f1cafb #f3d1fc #f5d9fc #f7e0fd #f9e7fd #fbeefe

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#b7f9a6 Analogous#bfa6f9 Analogous#f9a6e0 Triadic#f9e8a6 Triadic#a6f9e8 Split complementary#e0f9a6 Split complementary#a6f9bf

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 7, 33, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8a6f9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 33 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 34 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 #e8a6f9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8a6f9; }
.text { color: #e8a6f9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8a6f9; }

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 #e8a6f9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8a6f9 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 #e8a6f9 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 #e8a6f9 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

The figures for #e8a6f9 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.