Thistle

#f1d4ff

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 #f1d4ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f1d4ff

RGB241, 212, 255

HSL280, 100%, 92%

HSV280, 17%, 100%

CMYK5%, 17%, 0%, 0%

Lab88.45, 17.63, -17.25

XYZ77.87, 73.01, 104.6

Decimal15848703

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone250 C

Shades of thistle

#e3a8ff #d57dff #c651ff #b825ff #a800f9 #8a00cd #6d00a2 #500076 #32004a #15001f

Tints of thistle

#f3d9ff #f4deff #f6e3ff #f8e8ff #f8ebff

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e2ffd4 Analogous#dbd4ff Analogous#ffd4f8 Triadic#fff1d4 Triadic#d4fff1 Split complementary#f8ffd4 Split complementary#d4ffdc

Thistle in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 5, 17, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f1d4ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 17 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 20 4 6

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 #f1d4ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f1d4ff; }
.text { color: #f1d4ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f1d4ff; }

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 #f1d4ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f1d4ff 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 #f1d4ff 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 #f1d4ff 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 #f1d4ff come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.