Thistle

#e4d2eb

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

This is Thistle, a soft purple at 283 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #e4d2eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4d2eb

RGB228, 210, 235

HSL283, 38%, 87%

HSV283, 11%, 92%

CMYK3%, 11%, 0%, 8%

Lab86.3, 10.67, -10.02

XYZ70.04, 68.59, 88.14

Decimal14996203

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone263 C

Shades of thistle

#d3b5de #c299d1 #b07cc5 #9f5fb8 #8b49a5 #733c88 #5b306b #42234f #2a1632 #120915

Tints of thistle

#e6d5ec #e8d9ee #eadcef #ecdff1 #eee2f2 #f0e6f4 #f2e9f5 #f4ecf7 #f6eff8 #f8f3fa

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#d9ebd2 Analogous#d8d2eb Analogous#ebd2e5 Triadic#ebe4d2 Triadic#d2ebe4 Split complementary#e5ebd2 Split complementary#d2ebd8

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, 11, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4d2eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 11 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 14 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 #e4d2eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4d2eb; }
.text { color: #e4d2eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4d2eb; }

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 #e4d2eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4d2eb 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 #e4d2eb 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 #e4d2eb 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 #e4d2eb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.