Thistle

#dfd6e6

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 soft 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 #dfd6e6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfd6e6

RGB223, 214, 230

HSL274, 24%, 87%

HSV274, 7%, 90%

CMYK3%, 7%, 0%, 10%

Lab86.75, 5.97, -6.75

XYZ68.76, 69.49, 84.65

Decimal14669542

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2706 C

Shades of thistle

#cbbcd6 #b7a3c7 #a389b7 #8f6fa7 #7a5a93 #654a7a #503b60 #3a2b46 #251b2d #100c13

Tints of thistle

#e1d9e8 #e4dcea #e6dfeb #e8e2ed #ebe5ef #ede8f1 #efebf3 #f2eef5 #f4f1f6 #f6f4f8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#dde6d6 Analogous#d7d6e6 Analogous#e6d6e5 Triadic#e6dfd6 Triadic#d6e6df Split complementary#e5e6d6 Split complementary#d6e6d7

Thistle in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 3, 7, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfd6e6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 7 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 10 4 16

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 #dfd6e6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfd6e6; }
.text { color: #dfd6e6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfd6e6; }

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 #dfd6e6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfd6e6 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 #dfd6e6 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 #dfd6e6 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 #dfd6e6 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.