Thistle

#ded1e7

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

Thistle falls in the purple range, light and soft. 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 #ded1e7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ded1e7

RGB222, 209, 231

HSL275, 31%, 86%

HSV275, 10%, 91%

CMYK4%, 10%, 0%, 9%

Lab85.45, 8.46, -9.21

XYZ67.35, 66.9, 84.96

Decimal14602727

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone263 C

Shades of thistle

#cbb6d9 #b79bcb #a480bd #9165af #7c519b #674380 #513565 #3b274a #26192f #100a14

Tints of thistle

#e0d4e9 #e3d8eb #e5dbec #e8dfee #eae2f0 #ede6f2 #efe9f4 #f2ecf5 #f4f0f7 #f7f3f9

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#dae7d1 Analogous#d3d1e7 Analogous#e7d1e5 Triadic#e7ded1 Triadic#d1e7de Split complementary#e5e7d1 Split complementary#d1e7d3

Thistle in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 4, 10, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ded1e7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 10 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

8 13 4 15

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 #ded1e7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ded1e7; }
.text { color: #ded1e7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ded1e7; }

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 #ded1e7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ded1e7 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 #ded1e7 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 #ded1e7 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 #ded1e7 are worked out. 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.