Thistle

#e2bfde

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

Thistle sits in the pink band, light and soft. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #e2bfde, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e2bfde

RGB226, 191, 222

HSL307, 38%, 82%

HSV307, 15%, 89%

CMYK0%, 15%, 2%, 11%

Lab81.13, 17.71, -10.81

XYZ63.18, 58.7, 77.11

Decimal14860254

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone250 C

Shades of thistle

#d6a4d0 #ca8ac3 #be6fb5 #b255a7 #9a4690 #7f3a77 #652e5f #4a2246 #30162d #150a14

Tints of thistle

#e4c4e1 #e7c9e3 #e9cfe6 #ebd4e9 #eed9eb #f0deee #f2e3f1 #f5e8f3 #f7eef6 #f9f3f9

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#bfe2c3 Analogous#d5bfe2 Analogous#e2bfcc Triadic#dee2bf Triadic#bfdee2 Split complementary#cde2bf Split complementary#bfe2d5

Thistle in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 15, 2, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e2bfde on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 15 2 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 18 6 17

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 #e2bfde straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e2bfde; }
.text { color: #e2bfde; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e2bfde; }

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 #e2bfde against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e2bfde 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 #e2bfde 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 #e2bfde 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

The figures for #e2bfde come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.