Plum

#e8a2c5

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 330 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 #e8a2c5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8a2c5

RGB232, 162, 197

HSL330, 60%, 77%

HSV330, 30%, 91%

CMYK0%, 30%, 15%, 9%

Lab74.21, 31.03, -7.46

XYZ56.28, 47.03, 58.93

Decimal15246021

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone515 C

Shades of plum

#e185b3 #da68a1 #d24b8e #c7317c #aa2a6a #8d2358 #701c46 #531434 #360d21 #19060f

Tints of plum

#eaaaca #ecb2cf #eebad4 #f0c1d9 #f2c9de #f4d1e2 #f6d9e7 #f8e1ec #fae9f1 #fbf1f6

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#a2e8c5 Analogous#e8a2e8 Analogous#e8a2a2 Triadic#c5e8a2 Triadic#a2c5e8 Split complementary#a2e8a2 Split complementary#a2e8e8

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 30, 15, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8a2c5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 30 15 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 32 18 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 #e8a2c5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8a2c5; }
.text { color: #e8a2c5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8a2c5; }

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 #e8a2c5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8a2c5 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 #e8a2c5 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 #e8a2c5 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 #e8a2c5 is computed, not guessed. 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.