Thistle

#e3c5fc

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 vivid. 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 #e3c5fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e3c5fc

RGB227, 197, 252

HSL273, 90%, 88%

HSV273, 22%, 99%

CMYK10%, 22%, 0%, 1%

Lab83.6, 20.55, -23.12

XYZ69.22, 63.29, 100.66

Decimal14927356

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone2635 C

Shades of thistle

#d09dfa #bd75f8 #a94ef6 #9626f4 #820ce4 #6b0abc #540894 #3e066d #270445 #11021d

Tints of thistle

#e5c9fc #e7cdfc #e9d1fd #ebd5fd #eddafd #efdefd #f1e2fd #f3e6fe #f5eafe #f7eefe

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#defcc5 Analogous#c7c5fc Analogous#fcc5fa Triadic#fce3c5 Triadic#c5fce3 Split complementary#fafcc5 Split complementary#c5fcc7

Thistle in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 10, 22, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e3c5fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 22 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 24 4 7

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #e3c5fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e3c5fc; }
.text { color: #e3c5fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e3c5fc; }

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 #e3c5fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e3c5fc 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 #e3c5fc 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 #e3c5fc 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 #e3c5fc are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.