Thistle

#f4e5fc

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 strong. 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 #f4e5fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4e5fc

RGB244, 229, 252

HSL279, 79%, 94%

HSV279, 9%, 99%

CMYK3%, 9%, 0%, 1%

Lab92.71, 9.15, -9.29

XYZ82.9, 82.3, 103.61

Decimal16049660

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone263 C

Shades of thistle

#e3bdf7 #d294f3 #c16cee #b043e9 #9f1be5 #8316bd #671195 #4b0c6c #2f0844 #13031b

Tints of thistle

#f4e6fc #f5e7fc #f5e8fc #f6e9fc #f6eafd #f7ebfd #f7ecfd #f7edfd #f8eefd #f8effd

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#edfce5 Analogous#e8e5fc Analogous#fce5f9 Triadic#fcf4e5 Triadic#e5fcf4 Split complementary#f9fce5 Split complementary#e5fce8

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 3, 9, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4e5fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 9 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 12 4 7

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Thistle in css

Copy #f4e5fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4e5fc; }
.text { color: #f4e5fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4e5fc; }

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 #f4e5fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4e5fc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Thistle on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f4e5fc 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn thistle into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f4e5fc 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 #f4e5fc is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.