Thistle

#dcc2eb

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

Thistle falls in the purple range, light and soft. 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 #dcc2eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dcc2eb

RGB220, 194, 235

HSL278, 51%, 84%

HSV278, 17%, 92%

CMYK6%, 17%, 0%, 8%

Lab81.73, 16.55, -16.93

XYZ63.8, 59.8, 86.78

Decimal14467819

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2635 C

Shades of thistle

#cba4e1 #ba86d7 #a868cd #974ac4 #8339ad #6c2f8f #552571 #3f1b53 #281135 #110817

Tints of thistle

#e1ccee #e7d5f1 #eadaf3 #ecdff4 #f2e8f7 #f5edf9 #f7f2fb

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#d1ebc2 Analogous#c7c2eb Analogous#ebc2e5 Triadic#ebdcc2 Triadic#c2ebdc Split complementary#e5ebc2 Split complementary#c2ebc8

Thistle in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 6, 17, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dcc2eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 17 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 20 4 14

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Thistle in css

Copy #dcc2eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dcc2eb; }
.text { color: #dcc2eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dcc2eb; }

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 #dcc2eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dcc2eb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Thistle on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dcc2eb 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn thistle into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dcc2eb 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 #dcc2eb 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.