Thistle

#f5d8fd

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 287 degrees. 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 #f5d8fd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f5d8fd

RGB245, 216, 253

HSL287, 90%, 92%

HSV287, 15%, 99%

CMYK3%, 15%, 0%, 1%

Lab89.68, 16.45, -14.32

XYZ79.94, 75.62, 103.31

Decimal16111869

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone531 C

Shades of thistle

#eaaefb #e085f9 #d55bf7 #ca31f4 #bd0cee #9c0ac4 #7b089a #590671 #380447 #17011d

Tints of thistle

#f6dafd #f6dcfd #f7dffd #f7e1fd #f8e3fe #f8e5fe #f9e7fe #faeafe #faecfe #fbeefe

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e0fdd8 Analogous#e3d8fd Analogous#fdd8f2 Triadic#fdf5d8 Triadic#d8fdf5 Split complementary#f3fdd8 Split complementary#d8fde3

Thistle in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 3, 15, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f5d8fd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 15 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 18 4 7

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 #f5d8fd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f5d8fd; }
.text { color: #f5d8fd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f5d8fd; }

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 #f5d8fd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f5d8fd 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 #f5d8fd 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 #f5d8fd 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

Every value on this page for #f5d8fd is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.