Thistle

#f2cbff

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

This is Thistle, a vivid purple at 285 degrees. 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 #f2cbff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f2cbff

RGB242, 203, 255

HSL285, 100%, 90%

HSV285, 20%, 100%

CMYK5%, 20%, 0%, 0%

Lab86.41, 22.71, -20.32

XYZ76.02, 68.81, 103.88

Decimal15911935

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone530 C

Shades of thistle

#e7a0ff #dd76ff #d24bff #c720ff #b700f4 #9700ca #77009f #570074 #370049 #17001f

Tints of thistle

#f4d2ff #f5d9ff #f7dfff #f8e3ff #faeaff

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#d8ffcb Analogous#d8cbff Analogous#ffcbf2 Triadic#fff2cb Triadic#cbfff2 Split complementary#f2ffcb Split complementary#cbffd8

Thistle in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 5, 20, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f2cbff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 20 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 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 #f2cbff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f2cbff; }
.text { color: #f2cbff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f2cbff; }

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 #f2cbff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f2cbff 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 #f2cbff 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 #f2cbff 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 #f2cbff are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.