Thistle

#eae1ea

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

Thistle sits in the pink band, pale and muted. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #eae1ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eae1ea

RGB234, 225, 234

HSL300, 18%, 90%

HSV300, 4%, 92%

CMYK0%, 4%, 0%, 8%

Lab90.45, 4.64, -3.3

XYZ75.71, 77.28, 88.77

Decimal15393258

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone663 C

Shades of thistle

#d8c8d8 #c7afc7 #b595b5 #a37ca3 #906590 #775377 #5e425e #443044 #2b1e2b #120d12

Tints of thistle

#ebe3eb #ede5ed #eee7ee #efe9ef #f1ebf1 #f2edf2 #f4eff4 #f5f1f5 #f6f3f6 #f8f5f8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e1eae1 Analogous#e5e1ea Analogous#eae1e5 Triadic#eaeae1 Triadic#e1eaea Split complementary#e5eae1 Split complementary#e1eae5

Thistle in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eae1ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 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 #eae1ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eae1ea; }
.text { color: #eae1ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eae1ea; }

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 #eae1ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eae1ea 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 #eae1ea 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 #eae1ea 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

Every value on this page for #eae1ea is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.