Thistle

#e6c8ec

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 290 degrees. 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 #e6c8ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e6c8ec

RGB230, 200, 236

HSL290, 49%, 85%

HSV290, 15%, 93%

CMYK3%, 15%, 0%, 7%

Lab84.06, 16.82, -13.87

XYZ68.43, 64.19, 88.14

Decimal15124716

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone531 C

Shades of thistle

#d8aae2 #cb8cd7 #bd6ecd #af4fc2 #9a3cad #80318f #652771 #4a1d53 #2f1235 #140817

Tints of thistle

#e8cced #ead0ef #ecd5f0 #eed9f2 #efddf3 #f1e1f5 #f3e5f6 #f5e9f8 #f7eef9 #f9f2fa

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#ceecc8 Analogous#d4c8ec Analogous#ecc8e0 Triadic#ece6c8 Triadic#c8ece6 Split complementary#e0ecc8 Split complementary#c8ecd4

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 3, 15, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e6c8ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 15 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 18 4 13

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 #e6c8ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e6c8ec; }
.text { color: #e6c8ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e6c8ec; }

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 #e6c8ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e6c8ec 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 #e6c8ec 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 #e6c8ec 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 #e6c8ec are worked out. 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.