Plum

#e2b2e6

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 soft. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #e2b2e6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e2b2e6

RGB226, 178, 230

HSL295, 51%, 80%

HSV295, 23%, 90%

CMYK2%, 23%, 0%, 10%

Lab78.3, 26.16, -19.37

XYZ61.57, 53.72, 81.99

Decimal14856934

Web safe#cc99ff

Pantone2562 C

Shades of plum

#d796dd #cd79d4 #c25dca #b740c1 #9d36a6 #822d89 #67236d #4c1a50 #311134 #160817

Tints of plum

#e4b8e8 #e7bfea #e9c5ec #eccbee #eed2f0 #f0d8f2 #f3def4 #f5e5f6 #f8ebf9 #faf2fb

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#b6e6b2 Analogous#c8b2e6 Analogous#e6b2d0 Triadic#e6e2b2 Triadic#b2e6e2 Split complementary#d0e6b2 Split complementary#b2e6c8

Plum in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 2, 23, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e2b2e6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 23 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 25 4 16

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 #e2b2e6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e2b2e6; }
.text { color: #e2b2e6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e2b2e6; }

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 #e2b2e6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e2b2e6 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 #e2b2e6 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 #e2b2e6 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 #e2b2e6 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.