Thistle

#e6c8fb

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

Thistle is a pale purple with a airy cast. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #e6c8fb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e6c8fb

RGB230, 200, 251

HSL275, 86%, 88%

HSV275, 20%, 98%

CMYK8%, 20%, 0%, 2%

Lab84.53, 19.7, -21.14

XYZ70.7, 65.1, 100.11

Decimal15124731

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone2635 C

Shades of thistle

#d4a1f8 #c27af5 #b152f2 #9f2bf0 #8b10e0 #730db9 #5a0b92 #42086b #2a0544 #12021d

Tints of thistle

#e8ccfb #e9d0fc #ebd4fc #edd7fc #efdbfc #f0dffd #f2e3fd #f4e7fd #f6ebfe #f7eefe

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#ddfbc8 Analogous#cdc8fb Analogous#fbc8f6 Triadic#fbe6c8 Triadic#c8fbe6 Split complementary#f6fbc8 Split complementary#c8fbcd

Thistle in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 8, 20, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e6c8fb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 20 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 22 4 8

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.

Thistle in css

Copy #e6c8fb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e6c8fb; }
.text { color: #e6c8fb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e6c8fb; }

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 #e6c8fb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e6c8fb 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 #e6c8fb 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 #e6c8fb 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 #e6c8fb are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.