Thistle

#ecd5fa

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 gentle 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 #ecd5fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ecd5fa

RGB236, 213, 250

HSL277, 79%, 91%

HSV277, 15%, 98%

CMYK6%, 15%, 0%, 2%

Lab88.12, 14.54, -15.15

XYZ75.64, 72.32, 100.42

Decimal15521274

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone263 C

Shades of thistle

#dbaef5 #c988f1 #b861ec #a63ae8 #931add #7916b6 #60118f #460c69 #2c0842 #12031b

Tints of thistle

#eedafb #f1dffb #f3e5fc #f5eafc #f8effd

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e3fad5 Analogous#dad5fa Analogous#fad5f6 Triadic#faecd5 Triadic#d5faec Split complementary#f6fad5 Split complementary#d5fada

Thistle in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 6, 15, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ecd5fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 15 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 18 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 #ecd5fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ecd5fa; }
.text { color: #ecd5fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ecd5fa; }

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 #ecd5fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ecd5fa 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 #ecd5fa 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 #ecd5fa 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 #ecd5fa are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.