Thistle

#f4e6ff

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

Thistle is a pale purple with a quiet cast. 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 #f4e6ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4e6ff

RGB244, 230, 255

HSL274, 100%, 95%

HSV274, 10%, 100%

CMYK4%, 10%, 0%, 0%

Lab93.03, 9.19, -10.37

XYZ83.66, 83.05, 106.23

Decimal16049919

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone263 C

Shades of thistle

#e0b9ff #cc8bff #b85eff #a430ff #9003ff #7700d4 #5d00a7 #440079 #2b004c #11001f

Tints of thistle

#f4e7ff #f5e7ff #f5e8ff #f5e9ff #f6eaff #f6eaff #f6ebff #f7ecff #f7ecff #f7edff

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#f1ffe6 Analogous#e7e6ff Analogous#ffe6fe Triadic#fff4e6 Triadic#e6fff4 Split complementary#feffe6 Split complementary#e6ffe8

Thistle in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 4, 10, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4e6ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 10 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

8 13 4 6

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 #f4e6ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4e6ff; }
.text { color: #f4e6ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4e6ff; }

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 #f4e6ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4e6ff 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 #f4e6ff 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 #f4e6ff 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 #f4e6ff come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.