Thistle

#e2c8fa

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

This is Thistle, a vivid purple at 271 degrees. 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 #e2c8fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e2c8fa

RGB226, 200, 250

HSL271, 83%, 88%

HSV271, 20%, 98%

CMYK10%, 20%, 0%, 2%

Lab84.16, 18.23, -21.2

XYZ69.27, 64.38, 99.22

Decimal14862586

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2635 C

Shades of thistle

#cea2f7 #b97bf3 #a555f0 #912eec #7c14dc #6611b6 #510d8f #3b0a69 #250642 #10031c

Tints of thistle

#e6d0fb #ead7fb #eedffc #f0e3fc #f4ebfd #f6effe

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e0fac8 Analogous#c9c8fa Analogous#fac8f9 Triadic#fae2c8 Triadic#c8fae2 Split complementary#f9fac8 Split complementary#c8fac9

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 #e2c8fa 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 #e2c8fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e2c8fa; }
.text { color: #e2c8fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e2c8fa; }

How thistle looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Thistle and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e2c8fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e2c8fa 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 #e2c8fa 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 #e2c8fa 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 #e2c8fa 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.