Thistle

#e8cbff

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 #e8cbff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8cbff

RGB232, 203, 255

HSL273, 100%, 90%

HSV273, 20%, 100%

CMYK9%, 20%, 0%, 0%

Lab85.55, 19.53, -21.71

XYZ72.68, 67.09, 103.73

Decimal15256575

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone2635 C

Shades of thistle

#d5a0ff #c276ff #af4bff #9c20ff #8800f4 #7000ca #59009f #410074 #290049 #11001f

Tints of thistle

#eaceff #ebd2ff #edd5ff #eed9ff #f0dcff #f1dfff #f3e3ff #f4e6ff #f6eaff #f7edff

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e2ffcb Analogous#cecbff Analogous#ffcbfc Triadic#ffe8cb Triadic#cbffe8 Split complementary#fcffcb Split complementary#cbffce

Thistle in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 9, 20, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8cbff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 20 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 22 4 6

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 #e8cbff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8cbff; }
.text { color: #e8cbff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8cbff; }

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 #e8cbff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8cbff 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 #e8cbff 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 #e8cbff 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 #e8cbff 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 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.