Thistle

#e8d2ee

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 soft. 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 #e8d2ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8d2ee

RGB232, 210, 238

HSL287, 45%, 88%

HSV287, 12%, 93%

CMYK3%, 12%, 0%, 7%

Lab86.71, 12.56, -10.96

XYZ71.76, 69.42, 90.51

Decimal15258350

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone263 C

Shades of thistle

#d9b4e3 #c995d7 #ba77cc #aa59c0 #9742ae #7c368f #622b71 #481f53 #2e1435 #130816

Tints of thistle

#ead5ef #ebd8f0 #eddcf2 #efdff3 #f0e2f4 #f2e5f5 #f3e8f6 #f5ecf8 #f7eff9 #f8f2fa

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#d8eed2 Analogous#dad2ee Analogous#eed2e6 Triadic#eee8d2 Triadic#d2eee8 Split complementary#e6eed2 Split complementary#d2eeda

Thistle in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 3, 12, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8d2ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 12 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 15 4 13

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 #e8d2ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8d2ee; }
.text { color: #e8d2ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8d2ee; }

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 #e8d2ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8d2ee 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 #e8d2ee 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 #e8d2ee 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 #e8d2ee are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.