Thistle

#e1c6fc

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

Thistle falls in the purple range, pale and vivid. 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 #e1c6fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e1c6fc

RGB225, 198, 252

HSL270, 90%, 88%

HSV270, 21%, 99%

CMYK11%, 21%, 0%, 1%

Lab83.66, 19.38, -23.03

XYZ68.82, 63.42, 100.71

Decimal14796540

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2635 C

Shades of thistle

#cc9efa #b776f8 #a24ef6 #8d27f4 #780ce4 #630abc #4e0895 #39066d #240445 #0f021d

Tints of thistle

#e5cefc #e9d6fd #eedefd #f0e2fd #f4eafe #f6eefe

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e1fcc6 Analogous#c6c6fc Analogous#fcc6fc Triadic#fce1c6 Triadic#c6fce1 Split complementary#fcfcc6 Split complementary#c6fcc6

Thistle in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 11, 21, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e1c6fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 21 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 23 4 7

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #e1c6fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e1c6fc; }
.text { color: #e1c6fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e1c6fc; }

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 #e1c6fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e1c6fc 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 #e1c6fc 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 #e1c6fc 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 #e1c6fc is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.