Thistle

#e5bfdb

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

This is Thistle, a soft pink at 316 degrees. 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 #e5bfdb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e5bfdb

RGB229, 191, 219

HSL316, 42%, 82%

HSV316, 17%, 90%

CMYK0%, 17%, 4%, 10%

Lab81.31, 18.19, -8.9

XYZ63.73, 59.03, 75.05

Decimal15056859

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone250 C

Shades of thistle

#daa3cb #cf88bc #c36cac #b8509d #a04187 #853670 #692b58 #4d1f41 #31142a #160912

Tints of thistle

#e9c9e1 #edd4e7 #efd9e9 #f4e3ef #f6e8f2 #f8edf5 #faf2f8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#bfe5c9 Analogous#dcbfe5 Analogous#e5bfc8 Triadic#dbe5bf Triadic#bfdbe5 Split complementary#c8e5bf Split complementary#bfe5dc

Thistle in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 17, 4, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e5bfdb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 4 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 8 16

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Thistle in css

Copy #e5bfdb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e5bfdb; }
.text { color: #e5bfdb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5bfdb; }

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 #e5bfdb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e5bfdb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Thistle on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e5bfdb 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn thistle into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e5bfdb 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

Here is how the numbers for #e5bfdb are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.