Thistle

#ffc8eb

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

This is Thistle, a vivid pink at 322 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #ffc8eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffc8eb

RGB255, 200, 235

HSL322, 100%, 89%

HSV322, 22%, 100%

CMYK0%, 22%, 8%, 0%

Lab86.29, 24.99, -9.78

XYZ76.89, 68.57, 87.78

Decimal16763115

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone243 C

Shades of thistle

#ff9edc #ff73cc #ff49bd #ff1ead #f3009b #c80080 #9e0064 #730049 #49002e #1f0013

Tints of thistle

#ffccec #ffcfee #ffd3ef #ffd7f0 #ffdbf2 #ffdef3 #ffe2f4 #ffe6f6 #ffe9f7 #ffedf9

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#c8ffdc Analogous#f8c8ff Analogous#ffc8cf Triadic#ebffc8 Triadic#c8ebff Split complementary#cfffc8 Split complementary#c8fff8

Thistle in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 22, 8, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffc8eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 8 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 11 6

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 #ffc8eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffc8eb; }
.text { color: #ffc8eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffc8eb; }

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 #ffc8eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffc8eb 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 #ffc8eb 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 #ffc8eb 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 #ffc8eb 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. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.