Thistle

#e0c1f1

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 strong. 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 #e0c1f1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e0c1f1

RGB224, 193, 241

HSL279, 63%, 85%

HSV279, 20%, 95%

CMYK7%, 20%, 0%, 5%

Lab82.02, 19.56, -19.66

XYZ65.69, 60.34, 91.4

Decimal14729713

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2635 C

Shades of thistle

#d0a0ea #bf7fe2 #af5edb #9e3dd3 #8a2bbe #72239d #5a1c7c #42145b #2a0d3a #120619

Tints of thistle

#e5caf3 #e7cff4 #e9d4f5 #ecd9f6 #f1e2f8 #f3e7fa #f5ecfb #f8f0fc

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#d2f1c1 Analogous#c8c1f1 Analogous#f1c1ea Triadic#f1e0c1 Triadic#c1f1e0 Split complementary#eaf1c1 Split complementary#c1f1c8

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 7, 20, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e0c1f1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 20 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 22 4 11

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 #e0c1f1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e0c1f1; }
.text { color: #e0c1f1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e0c1f1; }

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 #e0c1f1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e0c1f1 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 #e0c1f1 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 #e0c1f1 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 #e0c1f1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.