Thistle

#e6c3fb

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

Thistle falls in the purple range, light and vivid. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #e6c3fb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e6c3fb

RGB230, 195, 251

HSL278, 88%, 87%

HSV278, 22%, 98%

CMYK8%, 22%, 0%, 2%

Lab83.35, 22.37, -22.94

XYZ69.56, 62.82, 99.73

Decimal15123451

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone2635 C

Shades of thistle

#d69cf8 #c675f6 #b54ef3 #a527f1 #910fdf #780cb8 #5f0a92 #45076b #2c0544 #13021d

Tints of thistle

#eaccfc #edd4fc #efd9fc #f3e1fd #f4e6fd #f8eefe

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#d8fbc3 Analogous#cac3fb Analogous#fbc3f4 Triadic#fbe6c3 Triadic#c3fbe6 Split complementary#f4fbc3 Split complementary#c3fbca

Thistle in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 8, 22, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e6c3fb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 22 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 24 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 #e6c3fb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e6c3fb; }
.text { color: #e6c3fb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e6c3fb; }

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 #e6c3fb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e6c3fb 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 #e6c3fb 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 #e6c3fb 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 #e6c3fb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.