Thistle

#f3caff

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 286 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #f3caff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f3caff

RGB243, 202, 255

HSL286, 100%, 90%

HSV286, 21%, 100%

CMYK5%, 21%, 0%, 0%

Lab86.26, 23.56, -20.53

XYZ76.13, 68.52, 103.82

Decimal15977215

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone530 C

Shades of thistle

#e99fff #e075ff #d64aff #cc1fff #bd00f4 #9c00c9 #7b009f #5a0074 #390049 #18001f

Tints of thistle

#f5d1ff #f6d8ff #f8dfff #f9e3ff #faeaff

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#d6ffca Analogous#d9caff Analogous#ffcaf0 Triadic#fff3ca Triadic#cafff3 Split complementary#f0ffca Split complementary#caffd9

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, 21, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f3caff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 21 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 23 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 #f3caff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f3caff; }
.text { color: #f3caff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f3caff; }

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 #f3caff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f3caff 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 #f3caff 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 #f3caff 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 #f3caff 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.