Thistle

#e8e2ea

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 muted. 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 #e8e2ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8e2ea

RGB232, 226, 234

HSL285, 16%, 90%

HSV285, 3%, 92%

CMYK1%, 3%, 0%, 8%

Lab90.55, 3.46, -3.18

XYZ75.33, 77.49, 88.83

Decimal15262442

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone538 C

Shades of thistle

#d4c9d8 #c0b0c6 #ad97b4 #997ea2 #84678e #6d5575 #56435c #3f3144 #281f2b #110d12

Tints of thistle

#e9e4eb #ebe6ed #ece8ee #eee9ef #efebf1 #f1edf2 #f2eff3 #f4f1f5 #f5f3f6 #f7f5f8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e4eae2 Analogous#e4e2ea Analogous#eae2e8 Triadic#eae8e2 Triadic#e2eae8 Split complementary#e8eae2 Split complementary#e2eae4

Thistle in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 1, 3, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8e2ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 3 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 7 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 #e8e2ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8e2ea; }
.text { color: #e8e2ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8e2ea; }

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 #e8e2ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8e2ea 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 #e8e2ea 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 #e8e2ea 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 #e8e2ea are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.