Plum

#ffaefa

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

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

Hex#ffaefa

RGB255, 174, 250

HSL304, 100%, 84%

HSV304, 32%, 100%

CMYK0%, 32%, 2%, 0%

Lab80.98, 41.19, -25.79

XYZ73.63, 58.43, 97.84

Decimal16756474

Web safe#ff99ff

Pantone251 C

Shades of plum

#ff86f8 #ff5ef5 #ff36f3 #ff0ff0 #e600d8 #be00b2 #96008d #6e0067 #460042 #1f001d

Tints of plum

#ffb4fa #ffbbfb #ffc1fb #ffc7fc #ffcefc #ffd4fc #ffdafd #ffe1fd #ffe7fe #ffedfe

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#aeffb3 Analogous#dcaeff Analogous#ffaed1 Triadic#faffae Triadic#aefaff Split complementary#d2ffae Split complementary#aeffdc

Plum in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 32, 2, 0.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 32 2 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 6 6

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 #ffaefa straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffaefa 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 #ffaefa 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 #ffaefa 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 #ffaefa come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.