Thistle

#f0d6ff

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

This is Thistle, a vivid purple at 278 degrees. 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 #f0d6ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f0d6ff

RGB240, 214, 255

HSL278, 100%, 92%

HSV278, 16%, 100%

CMYK6%, 16%, 0%, 0%

Lab88.85, 16.26, -16.67

XYZ78.03, 73.84, 104.75

Decimal15783679

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone531 C

Shades of thistle

#e0aaff #d07eff #c052ff #b027ff #9e00fa #8300ce #6700a2 #4b0076 #2f004a #13001f

Tints of thistle

#f1d8ff #f2dbff #f3ddff #f3dfff #f4e2ff #f5e4ff #f6e6ff #f7e9ff #f8ebff #f8edff

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e5ffd6 Analogous#dbd6ff Analogous#ffd6fa Triadic#fff0d6 Triadic#d6fff0 Split complementary#faffd6 Split complementary#d6ffdc

Thistle in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 6, 16, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f0d6ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 16 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 19 4 6

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 #f0d6ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f0d6ff; }
.text { color: #f0d6ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f0d6ff; }

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 #f0d6ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f0d6ff 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 #f0d6ff 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 #f0d6ff 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

The figures for #f0d6ff come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.