Thistle

#eecafe

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

Hex#eecafe

RGB238, 202, 254

HSL282, 96%, 89%

HSV282, 20%, 100%

CMYK6%, 20%, 0%, 0%

Lab85.79, 21.77, -20.76

XYZ74.27, 67.57, 102.89

Decimal15649534

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone530 C

Shades of thistle

#e1a0fd #d376fc #c64dfc #b823fb #a705ef #8a04c5 #6c039b #4f0272 #320148 #15011e

Tints of thistle

#f0d1fe #f3d8fe #f5dffe #f6e3fe #f8eaff

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#dafeca Analogous#d4cafe Analogous#fecaf4 Triadic#feeeca Triadic#cafeee Split complementary#f4feca Split complementary#cafed4

Thistle in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 6, 20, 0, 0.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 20 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 22 4 6

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 #eecafe straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eecafe 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 #eecafe 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 #eecafe 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 #eecafe are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.