Thistle

#ebd3fb

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 276 degrees. 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 #ebd3fb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ebd3fb

RGB235, 211, 251

HSL276, 83%, 91%

HSV276, 16%, 98%

CMYK6%, 16%, 0%, 2%

Lab87.59, 15.46, -16.49

XYZ74.97, 71.22, 101.06

Decimal15455227

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone531 C

Shades of thistle

#d9abf7 #c784f4 #b55cf0 #a335ed #9015e2 #7711ba #5d0d93 #440a6b #2b0644 #12031c

Tints of thistle

#eed9fc #f0defc #f3e4fd #f5e9fd #f8effe

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e3fbd3 Analogous#d7d3fb Analogous#fbd3f7 Triadic#fbebd3 Triadic#d3fbeb Split complementary#f7fbd3 Split complementary#d3fbd7

Thistle in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 6, 16, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ebd3fb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 16 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 19 4 8

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Thistle in css

Copy #ebd3fb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ebd3fb; }
.text { color: #ebd3fb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ebd3fb; }

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 #ebd3fb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ebd3fb 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 #ebd3fb 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 #ebd3fb 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 #ebd3fb are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.