Thistle

#dec0ea

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

Thistle is a light purple with a open cast. 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 #dec0ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dec0ea

RGB222, 192, 234

HSL283, 50%, 84%

HSV283, 18%, 92%

CMYK5%, 18%, 0%, 8%

Lab81.38, 18.08, -16.9

XYZ63.83, 59.17, 85.9

Decimal14598378

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone530 C

Shades of thistle

#cea2e0 #bf85d6 #af67cc #a049c2 #8b39ab #732f8e #5b2570 #431b52 #2b1235 #130817

Tints of thistle

#e1c5ec #e3caed #e6cfef #e8d4f1 #ebd9f2 #eedef4 #f0e3f6 #f3e8f7 #f5edf9 #f8f2fb

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#cceac0 Analogous#c9c0ea Analogous#eac0e1 Triadic#eadec0 Triadic#c0eade Split complementary#e1eac0 Split complementary#c0eac9

Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 5, 18, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dec0ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 18 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 21 4 14

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 #dec0ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dec0ea; }
.text { color: #dec0ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dec0ea; }

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 #dec0ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dec0ea 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 #dec0ea 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 #dec0ea 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 #dec0ea 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.