Thistle

#e1c8fa

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

Thistle is a pale purple with a airy cast. 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 #e1c8fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e1c8fa

RGB225, 200, 250

HSL270, 83%, 88%

HSV270, 20%, 98%

CMYK10%, 20%, 0%, 2%

Lab84.08, 17.91, -21.34

XYZ68.96, 64.22, 99.2

Decimal14797050

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2635 C

Shades of thistle

#cca2f7 #b77bf3 #a255f0 #8d2eec #7814dc #6311b6 #4e0d8f #390a69 #240642 #0f031c

Tints of thistle

#e5d0fb #e9d7fb #eedffc #f0e3fc #f4ebfd #f6effe

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e1fac8 Analogous#c8c8fa Analogous#fac8fa Triadic#fae1c8 Triadic#c8fae1 Split complementary#fafac8 Split complementary#c8fac8

Thistle in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 10, 20, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e1c8fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 20 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 22 4 8

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 #e1c8fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e1c8fa; }
.text { color: #e1c8fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e1c8fa; }

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 #e1c8fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e1c8fa 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 #e1c8fa 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 #e1c8fa 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 #e1c8fa is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.