Plum

#e8aee4

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 304 degrees. 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 #e8aee4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8aee4

RGB232, 174, 228

HSL304, 56%, 80%

HSV304, 25%, 91%

CMYK0%, 25%, 2%, 9%

Lab77.89, 29.9, -18.85

XYZ62.42, 53.03, 80.34

Decimal15249124

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone2562 C

Shades of plum

#e091da #d774d1 #cf56c7 #c739bd #aa30a2 #8d2886 #70206a #52174e #350f32 #180717

Tints of plum

#eab5e6 #ecbbe8 #eec2eb #f0c9ed #f2d0ef #f3d6f1 #f5ddf4 #f7e4f6 #f9eaf8 #fbf1fa

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#aee8b2 Analogous#cfaee8 Analogous#e8aec7 Triadic#e4e8ae Triadic#aee4e8 Split complementary#c7e8ae Split complementary#aee8cf

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 25, 2, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8aee4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 25 2 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 27 6 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 #e8aee4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8aee4; }
.text { color: #e8aee4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8aee4; }

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 #e8aee4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8aee4 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 #e8aee4 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 #e8aee4 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 #e8aee4 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.