Thistle

#f3ebfa

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 strong. 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 #f3ebfa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f3ebfa

RGB243, 235, 250

HSL272, 60%, 95%

HSV272, 6%, 98%

CMYK3%, 6%, 0%, 2%

Lab94.04, 5.36, -6.28

XYZ83.93, 85.37, 102.5

Decimal15985658

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone2706 C

Shades of thistle

#ddc7f1 #c7a2e8 #b27edf #9c5ad6 #8635cd #6e2aaa #572186 #3f1861 #280f3d #100618

Tints of thistle

#f3ecfa #f4ecfa #f4edfa #f4edfb #f5eefb #f5eefb #f5effb #f6f0fb #f6f0fb #f6f1fb

Colors that go with thistle

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Thistle in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 3, 6, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f3ebfa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 6 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 10 4 8

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 #f3ebfa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f3ebfa; }
.text { color: #f3ebfa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f3ebfa; }

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 #f3ebfa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f3ebfa 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 #f3ebfa 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 #f3ebfa 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 #f3ebfa are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.