Thistle

#e2b7df

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

Thistle sits in the pink band, light and soft. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #e2b7df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e2b7df

RGB226, 183, 223

HSL304, 43%, 80%

HSV304, 19%, 89%

CMYK0%, 19%, 1%, 11%

Lab79.25, 22.18, -14.15

XYZ61.62, 55.36, 77.25

Decimal14858207

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone530 C

Shades of thistle

#d79cd3 #cc81c7 #c166bb #b74baf #9d3f96 #82347c #672962 #4c1f49 #31142f #160915

Tints of thistle

#e4bde2 #e7c3e4 #e9c9e7 #eccfea #eed5ec #f0dbef #f3e0f1 #f5e6f4 #f7ecf7 #faf2f9

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#b7e2ba Analogous#d0b7e2 Analogous#e2b7ca Triadic#dfe2b7 Triadic#b7dfe2 Split complementary#cae2b7 Split complementary#b7e2cf

Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 19, 1, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e2b7df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 19 1 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 5 17

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 #e2b7df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e2b7df; }
.text { color: #e2b7df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e2b7df; }

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 #e2b7df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e2b7df 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 #e2b7df 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 #e2b7df 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 #e2b7df are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.