HEX Color #F8A0E9 (Plum)

About #F8A0E9

The hex code #F8A0E9 represents a beautifully specific shade of magenta. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Plum. In the RGB color space, it consists of 248 red, 160 green, and 233 blue.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 35% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a very 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#F8A0E9

RGB248, 160, 233

HSL310.2°, 86.3%, 80.0%

CMYK0%, 35%, 6%, 3%

HSV310.2°, 35.5%, 97.3%

LAB76.7, 43.3, -23.3

XYZ66.0, 51.0, 83.5

Decimal16294121

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#F8A0E9 #A0F8AF

Analogous

#DBA0F8 #F8A0BC

Triadic

#E8F8A0 #A0E8F8

Tetradic

#F8DBA0 #A0F8AF #A0BCF8

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#F8A0E9

#F8AAEB

#F9B5ED

#FABFF0

#FBCAF2

#FBD4F5

#FCDFF7

#FDE9FA

#FEF4FC

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#F8A0E9

#DC8ECF

#C07CB5

#A56A9B

#895881

#6E4767

#52354D

#372333

#1B1119

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.88:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

11.20:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.79:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

9.52:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #F8A0E9; }

.text-color { color: #F8A0E9; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #F8A0E9; }

Similar Colors

Plum

#DDA0DD