Thistle

#f4d0ff

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 #f4d0ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4d0ff

RGB244, 208, 255

HSL286, 100%, 91%

HSV286, 18%, 100%

CMYK4%, 18%, 0%, 0%

Lab87.76, 20.71, -18.27

XYZ77.91, 71.56, 104.31

Decimal16044287

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone250 C

Shades of thistle

#eaa5ff #e07aff #d64eff #cc23ff #bd00f7 #9c00cc #7b00a0 #5a0075 #39004a #17001f

Tints of thistle

#f5d6ff #f7dcff #f8e1ff #f9e7ff #fbedff

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#dbffd0 Analogous#ddd0ff Analogous#ffd0f2 Triadic#fff4d0 Triadic#d0fff4 Split complementary#f3ffd0 Split complementary#d0ffdc

Thistle in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 4, 18, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4d0ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 18 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

8 21 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 #f4d0ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4d0ff; }
.text { color: #f4d0ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4d0ff; }

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 #f4d0ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4d0ff 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 #f4d0ff 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 #f4d0ff 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

Every value on this page for #f4d0ff is computed, not guessed. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.