Thistle

#e7e0ea

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

Thistle falls in the purple range, pale and muted. 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 #e7e0ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e7e0ea

RGB231, 224, 234

HSL282, 19%, 90%

HSV282, 4%, 92%

CMYK1%, 4%, 0%, 8%

Lab89.97, 4.16, -4.03

XYZ74.46, 76.24, 88.63

Decimal15196394

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone663 C

Shades of thistle

#d3c7d9 #c0adc7 #ac94b6 #987aa5 #846392 #6d5178 #56405f #3f2f45 #271e2c #100c12

Tints of thistle

#e9e2eb #eae4ed #ece6ee #ede8f0 #efeaf1 #f0ecf2 #f2eef4 #f4f0f5 #f5f2f6 #f7f4f8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e3eae0 Analogous#e2e0ea Analogous#eae0e8 Triadic#eae7e0 Triadic#e0eae7 Split complementary#e8eae0 Split complementary#e0eae2

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, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e7e0ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 4 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 8 4 14

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 #e7e0ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e7e0ea; }
.text { color: #e7e0ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e7e0ea; }

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 #e7e0ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e7e0ea 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 #e7e0ea 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 #e7e0ea 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 #e7e0ea come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.