Thistle

#f7c4ea

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

Thistle is a light pink, relaxed and easy to pair. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #f7c4ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f7c4ea

RGB247, 196, 234

HSL315, 76%, 87%

HSV315, 21%, 97%

CMYK0%, 21%, 5%, 3%

Lab84.58, 24.24, -11.87

XYZ72.95, 65.19, 86.58

Decimal16237802

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone243 C

Shades of thistle

#f2a0dd #ed7bd0 #e857c3 #e333b6 #d11ca3 #ac1786 #88126a #640e4e #3f0931 #1b0415

Tints of thistle

#f8c8ec #f8cded #f9d1ef #f9d5f0 #fadaf2 #fbdef3 #fbe2f5 #fce7f6 #fcebf8 #fdeff9

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#c4f7d1 Analogous#eac4f7 Analogous#f7c4d1 Triadic#eaf7c4 Triadic#c4eaf7 Split complementary#d1f7c4 Split complementary#c4f7ea

Thistle in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 21, 5, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f7c4ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 5 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 9 9

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #f7c4ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f7c4ea; }
.text { color: #f7c4ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f7c4ea; }

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 #f7c4ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f7c4ea 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 #f7c4ea 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 #f7c4ea 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 #f7c4ea come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.