Thistle

#dfd4e6

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 muted. 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 #dfd4e6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfd4e6

RGB223, 212, 230

HSL277, 26%, 87%

HSV277, 8%, 90%

CMYK3%, 8%, 0%, 10%

Lab86.25, 7.02, -7.49

XYZ68.26, 68.49, 84.48

Decimal14669030

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone263 C

Shades of thistle

#ccbad7 #b8a0c8 #a586b9 #926caa #7d5795 #67487b #523961 #3c2a47 #261a2d #100b13

Tints of thistle

#e1d7e8 #e4daea #e6deec #e8e1ed #ebe4ef #ede7f1 #f0eaf3 #f2edf5 #f4f1f7 #f7f4f8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#dbe6d4 Analogous#d6d4e6 Analogous#e6d4e4 Triadic#e6dfd4 Triadic#d4e6df Split complementary#e4e6d4 Split complementary#d4e6d6

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 3, 8, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfd4e6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 8 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 11 4 16

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 #dfd4e6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfd4e6; }
.text { color: #dfd4e6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfd4e6; }

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 #dfd4e6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfd4e6 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 #dfd4e6 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 #dfd4e6 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 #dfd4e6 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.