HEX Color #E2A0C5 (Plum)

About #E2A0C5

The precise color #E2A0C5 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Its closest recognized web color is Plum. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 226, 160, and 197.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 29% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 326.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the magenta spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E2A0C5

RGB226, 160, 197

HSL326.4°, 53.2%, 75.7%

CMYK0%, 29%, 13%, 11%

HSV326.4°, 29.2%, 88.6%

LAB73.1, 30.0, -9.2

XYZ54.0, 45.3, 58.7

Decimal14852293

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#E2A0C5 #9FE2BD

Analogous

#DE9FE2 #E29FA3

Triadic

#C4E29F #9FC4E2

Tetradic

#E2DE9F #9FE2BD #9FA3E2

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#E2A0C5

#E5AACB

#E8B5D1

#EBBFD8

#EECADE

#F2D4E5

#F5DFEB

#F8E9F2

#FBF4F8

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#E2A0C5

#C88EAF

#AF7C99

#966A83

#7D586D

#644757

#4B3541

#32232B

#191115

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.09:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

10.07:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.99:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

8.56:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E2A0C5; }

.text-color { color: #E2A0C5; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #E2A0C5; }

Similar Colors

Plum

#DDA0DD