Plum

#e88ace

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

This is Plum, a strong pink at 317 degrees. 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 #e88ace, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e88ace

RGB232, 138, 206

HSL317, 67%, 73%

HSV317, 41%, 91%

CMYK0%, 41%, 11%, 9%

Lab69.32, 45.1, -19.78

XYZ53.51, 39.79, 63.25

Decimal15239886

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone245 C

Shades of plum

#e26ec2 #dd51b6 #d735aa #c42698 #a72182 #8b1b6c #6f1656 #521040 #360b2a #1a0514

Tints of plum

#ea94d2 #ec9ed7 #eea9db #f0b3df #f2bde3 #f4c7e8 #f6d1ec #f8dcf0 #fae6f4 #fcf0f9

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#8ae8a4 Analogous#d38ae8 Analogous#e88a9f Triadic#cee88a Triadic#8acee8 Split complementary#9fe88a Split complementary#8ae8d3

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 41, 11, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e88ace on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 41 11 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 42 14 15

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 #e88ace straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e88ace; }
.text { color: #e88ace; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e88ace; }

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 #e88ace against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e88ace 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 #e88ace 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 #e88ace 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 #e88ace is computed, not guessed. 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.