Thistle

#e1c8f5

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

Thistle is a light purple with a relaxed cast. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #e1c8f5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e1c8f5

RGB225, 200, 245

HSL273, 69%, 87%

HSV273, 18%, 96%

CMYK8%, 18%, 0%, 4%

Lab83.92, 16.92, -18.92

XYZ68.19, 63.91, 95.13

Decimal14797045

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2635 C

Shades of thistle

#cea5ef #bb82e8 #a85fe2 #943cdb #8025c9 #6a1ea6 #531883 #3d1160 #270b3d #10051a

Tints of thistle

#e3ccf6 #e5d0f6 #e8d4f7 #ead8f8 #ecdcf9 #eee0f9 #f0e4fa #f2e8fb #f5ecfc #f7f0fc

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#dcf5c8 Analogous#cac8f5 Analogous#f5c8f3 Triadic#f5e1c8 Triadic#c8f5e1 Split complementary#f3f5c8 Split complementary#c8f5ca

Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 8, 18, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e1c8f5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 18 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 21 4 10

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.

Thistle in css

Copy #e1c8f5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e1c8f5; }
.text { color: #e1c8f5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e1c8f5; }

How thistle looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Thistle and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e1c8f5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e1c8f5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Thistle on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e1c8f5 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around thistle? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn thistle into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e1c8f5 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 thistle, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e1c8f5 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.