Thistle

#e5d1de

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

This is Thistle, a muted pink at 321 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 #e5d1de, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e5d1de

RGB229, 209, 222

HSL321, 28%, 86%

HSV321, 9%, 90%

CMYK0%, 9%, 3%, 10%

Lab85.77, 9.17, -3.9

XYZ68.3, 67.53, 78.54

Decimal15061470

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone263 C

Shades of thistle

#d6b7cb #c89db9 #b983a6 #aa6993 #96557f #7c4669 #623753 #48283d #2e1a27 #140b11

Tints of thistle

#e9d8e3 #eddfe8 #f1e6ed #f5edf2 #f9f4f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#d1e5d8 Analogous#e2d1e5 Analogous#e5d1d4 Triadic#dee5d1 Triadic#d1dee5 Split complementary#d4e5d1 Split complementary#d1e5e2

Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 9, 3, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e5d1de on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 3 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 7 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 #e5d1de straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e5d1de; }
.text { color: #e5d1de; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5d1de; }

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 #e5d1de against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e5d1de 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 #e5d1de 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 #e5d1de 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 #e5d1de come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.