HEX Color #E9C5F8 (Thistle)

About #E9C5F8

At its core, #E9C5F8 is a very light and vivid hue. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Thistle. Its digital footprint relies on 233 parts red, 197 parts green, and 248 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). Its ink density profile breaks down to 6% cyan, 21% magenta, 0% yellow, and 3% black. With a hue angle of 282.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the purple spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a very light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E9C5F8

RGB233, 197, 248

HSL282.4°, 78.5%, 87.3%

CMYK6%, 21%, 0%, 3%

HSV282.4°, 20.6%, 97.3%

LAB84.0, 21.7, -20.4

XYZ70.5, 64.0, 97.5

Decimal15320568

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#E9C5F8 #D3F8C4

Analogous

#CFC4F8 #F8C4ED

Triadic

#F8E9C4 #C4F8E9

Tetradic

#F8CFC4 #D3F8C4 #C4EDF8

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#E9C5F8

#EBCBF8

#EDD1F9

#F0D8FA

#F2DEFB

#F5E5FB

#F7EBFC

#FAF2FD

#FCF8FE

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#E9C5F8

#CFAFDC

#B599C0

#9B83A5

#816D89

#67576E

#4D4152

#332B37

#19151B

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.52:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

13.81:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.45:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

11.74:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E9C5F8; }

.text-color { color: #E9C5F8; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #E9C5F8; }

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