Thistle

#ddabc6

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

Thistle is a light pink, open and easy to pair. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #ddabc6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ddabc6

RGB221, 171, 198

HSL328, 42%, 77%

HSV328, 23%, 87%

CMYK0%, 23%, 10%, 13%

Lab75.19, 22.54, -6.68

XYZ54.57, 48.58, 59.93

Decimal14527430

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone672 C

Shades of thistle

#d391b5 #c878a3 #be5e92 #b04780 #963d6d #7d325b #632848 #491e35 #301323 #160910

Tints of thistle

#e0b2cb #e3b9d0 #e6c0d5 #e9c8d9 #ebcfde #eed6e3 #f1dde8 #f4e4ed #f7ebf2 #faf2f6

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#abddc2 Analogous#dbabdd Analogous#ddabad Triadic#c6ddab Triadic#abc6dd Split complementary#adddab Split complementary#abdddb

Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 23, 10, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ddabc6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 23 10 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 25 13 19

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 #ddabc6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ddabc6; }
.text { color: #ddabc6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ddabc6; }

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 #ddabc6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ddabc6 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 #ddabc6 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 #ddabc6 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 #ddabc6 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.