Thistle

#eccdfd

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

Hex#eccdfd

RGB236, 205, 253

HSL279, 92%, 90%

HSV279, 19%, 99%

CMYK7%, 19%, 0%, 1%

Lab86.3, 19.35, -19.48

XYZ74.15, 68.59, 102.26

Decimal15519229

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone250 C

Shades of thistle

#dca4fb #cd7bfa #bd52f8 #ae29f6 #9b09eb #8008c2 #650699 #4a0470 #2f0347 #13011d

Tints of thistle

#eed4fd #f1dafe #f3e1fe #f6e7fe #f7ebfe

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#defdcd Analogous#d4cdfd Analogous#fdcdf6 Triadic#fdeccd Triadic#cdfdec Split complementary#f6fdcd Split complementary#cdfdd4

Thistle in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 7, 19, 0, 1.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 19 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 21 4 7

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 #eccdfd straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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

Every value on this page for #eccdfd is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.