Thistle

#e6ddea

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

Thistle is a pale purple with a airy cast. 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 #e6ddea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e6ddea

RGB230, 221, 234

HSL282, 24%, 89%

HSV282, 6%, 92%

CMYK2%, 6%, 0%, 8%

Lab89.15, 5.38, -5.26

XYZ73.34, 74.48, 88.35

Decimal15130090

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone2706 C

Shades of thistle

#d3c3da #bfa9ca #ac8eb9 #9974a9 #845d96 #6d4d7c #563c62 #3f2c47 #281c2d #110c13

Tints of thistle

#e8dfeb #e9e2ed #ebe4ee #ede6f0 #eee8f1 #f0ebf3 #f2edf4 #f4eff5 #f5f2f7 #f7f4f8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e1eadd Analogous#e0ddea Analogous#eadde7 Triadic#eae6dd Triadic#ddeae6 Split complementary#e7eadd Split complementary#ddeae0

Thistle in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 2, 6, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e6ddea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 6 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 10 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 #e6ddea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e6ddea; }
.text { color: #e6ddea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e6ddea; }

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 #e6ddea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e6ddea 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 #e6ddea 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 #e6ddea 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #e6ddea is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.