Thistle

#e4dce6

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

This is Thistle, a muted purple at 288 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 #e4dce6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4dce6

RGB228, 220, 230

HSL288, 17%, 88%

HSV288, 4%, 90%

CMYK1%, 4%, 0%, 10%

Lab88.64, 4.51, -3.92

XYZ71.87, 73.39, 85.24

Decimal14998758

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone663 C

Shades of thistle

#d1c4d5 #beabc3 #ab93b2 #997aa0 #84648c #6d5374 #56415b #3f3043 #281e2a #110d12

Tints of thistle

#e6dee8 #e8e1ea #eae3eb #ece6ed #ede8ef #efebf1 #f1edf2 #f3f0f4 #f5f2f6 #f7f5f8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#dee6dc Analogous#dfdce6 Analogous#e6dce3 Triadic#e6e4dc Triadic#dce6e4 Split complementary#e3e6dc Split complementary#dce6df

Thistle in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 1, 4, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4dce6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 4 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 8 4 16

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 #e4dce6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4dce6; }
.text { color: #e4dce6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4dce6; }

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 #e4dce6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4dce6 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 #e4dce6 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 #e4dce6 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e4dce6 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.