Plum

#f2aef5

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

Plum is a light pink, relaxed and easy to pair. 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 #f2aef5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f2aef5

RGB242, 174, 245

HSL297, 78%, 82%

HSV297, 29%, 96%

CMYK1%, 29%, 0%, 4%

Lab79.47, 36.21, -25.53

XYZ68.24, 55.74, 93.55

Decimal15904501

Web safe#ff99ff

Pantone251 C

Shades of plum

#ec8bf1 #e769ec #e146e8 #dc24e4 #c119c8 #9f14a6 #7e1083 #5d0c60 #3c083e #1a031b

Tints of plum

#f3b5f6 #f4bbf7 #f5c2f7 #f6c8f8 #f7cff9 #f8d5fa #f9dcfb #fae2fb #fbe9fc #fceffd

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#b1f5ae Analogous#ceaef5 Analogous#f5aed5 Triadic#f5f2ae Triadic#aef5f2 Split complementary#d5f5ae Split complementary#aef5cf

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 1, 29, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f2aef5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 29 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 31 4 10

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 #f2aef5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f2aef5; }
.text { color: #f2aef5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f2aef5; }

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 #f2aef5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f2aef5 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 #f2aef5 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 #f2aef5 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 #f2aef5 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. 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.