Plum

#ffbbfb

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. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Plum color values

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

Hex#ffbbfb

RGB255, 187, 251

HSL304, 100%, 87%

HSV304, 27%, 100%

CMYK0%, 27%, 2%, 0%

Lab83.84, 34.58, -21.97

XYZ76.42, 63.77, 99.55

Decimal16759803

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone2562 C

Shades of plum

#ff92f9 #ff69f6 #ff40f4 #ff16f1 #ec00de #c300b8 #9a0091 #71006a #480044 #1f001d

Tints of plum

#ffc0fb #ffc5fc #ffcafc #ffcffc #ffd4fc #ffd9fd #ffdefd #ffe3fd #ffe8fe #ffedfe

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#bbffbf Analogous#e1bbff Analogous#ffbbd9 Triadic#fbffbb Triadic#bbfbff Split complementary#d9ffbb Split complementary#bbffe1

Plum in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 27, 2, 0.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 27 2 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 29 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 #ffbbfb straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffbbfb 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 #ffbbfb 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 #ffbbfb 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

Here is how the numbers for #ffbbfb are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.