Thistle

#fcd5f3

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

Thistle is a pale pink, gentle and easy to pair. 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 #fcd5f3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fcd5f3

RGB252, 213, 243

HSL314, 87%, 91%

HSV314, 15%, 99%

CMYK0%, 15%, 4%, 1%

Lab89.28, 18.53, -9.6

XYZ80.12, 74.76, 95.0

Decimal16569843

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone250 C

Shades of thistle

#f9ace7 #f684dc #f35bd0 #f033c5 #e711b6 #bf0e96 #960b76 #6e0856 #450536 #1d0216

Tints of thistle

#fcd8f4 #fcdaf4 #fdddf5 #fddff6 #fde2f7 #fde4f7 #fde7f8 #fde9f9 #feecfa #feeefa

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#d5fcde Analogous#f1d5fc Analogous#fcd5e0 Triadic#f3fcd5 Triadic#d5f3fc Split complementary#e0fcd5 Split complementary#d5fcf2

Thistle in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 15, 4, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fcd5f3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 15 4 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 18 8 7

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 #fcd5f3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fcd5f3; }
.text { color: #fcd5f3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fcd5f3; }

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 #fcd5f3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fcd5f3 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 #fcd5f3 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 #fcd5f3 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 #fcd5f3 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.