Thistle

#e8d4e7

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

Thistle sits in the pink band, light and soft. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #e8d4e7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8d4e7

RGB232, 212, 231

HSL303, 30%, 87%

HSV303, 9%, 91%

CMYK0%, 9%, 0%, 9%

Lab87.0, 10.22, -6.82

XYZ71.25, 70.01, 85.36

Decimal15258855

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone263 C

Shades of thistle

#dab9d8 #cb9ec9 #bd83ba #ae68ab #9b5397 #80447d #653662 #4a2748 #2f192e #140b13

Tints of thistle

#ead7e9 #ebdaeb #edddec #efe1ee #f0e4f0 #f2e7f2 #f4eaf3 #f5edf5 #f7f0f7 #f9f3f9

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#d4e8d5 Analogous#dfd4e8 Analogous#e8d4dd Triadic#e7e8d4 Triadic#d4e7e8 Split complementary#dde8d4 Split complementary#d4e8df

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 0, 9, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8d4e7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 4 15

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 #e8d4e7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8d4e7; }
.text { color: #e8d4e7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8d4e7; }

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 #e8d4e7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8d4e7 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 #e8d4e7 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 #e8d4e7 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 #e8d4e7 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.