Thistle

#eccbf6

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

Thistle is a pale purple with a airy cast. 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 #eccbf6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eccbf6

RGB236, 203, 246

HSL286, 70%, 88%

HSV286, 17%, 96%

CMYK4%, 17%, 0%, 4%

Lab85.6, 19.07, -16.82

XYZ72.58, 67.2, 96.33

Decimal15518710

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone250 C

Shades of thistle

#dfa7f0 #d284ea #c560e3 #b83cdd #a523cc #881da9 #6b1785 #4f1161 #320b3e #15051a

Tints of thistle

#efd2f7 #f1daf9 #f4e1fa #f5e5fa #f8ecfc #f9f0fc

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#d5f6cb Analogous#d6cbf6 Analogous#f6cbeb Triadic#f6eccb Triadic#cbf6ec Split complementary#ebf6cb Split complementary#cbf6d7

Thistle in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 4, 17, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eccbf6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 17 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

8 20 4 10

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 #eccbf6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eccbf6; }
.text { color: #eccbf6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eccbf6; }

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 #eccbf6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eccbf6 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 #eccbf6 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 #eccbf6 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 #eccbf6 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.