Thistle

#e9bcda

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

Thistle sits in the pink band, light and soft. 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 #e9bcda, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e9bcda

RGB233, 188, 218

HSL320, 51%, 83%

HSV320, 19%, 91%

CMYK0%, 19%, 6%, 9%

Lab80.93, 20.98, -8.88

XYZ64.24, 58.35, 74.21

Decimal15318234

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone250 C

Shades of thistle

#df9fca #d681ba #cc64a9 #c24699 #aa3884 #8d2e6d #6f2556 #521b3f #341129 #170812

Tints of thistle

#edc7e0 #f0d1e6 #f2d7e9 #f4dcec #f5e1ef #f7e7f2 #f9ecf5 #fbf2f8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#bce9cb Analogous#e1bce9 Analogous#e9bcc4 Triadic#dae9bc Triadic#bcdae9 Split complementary#c4e9bc Split complementary#bce9e2

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, 19, 6, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e9bcda on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 19 6 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 10 15

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 #e9bcda straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e9bcda; }
.text { color: #e9bcda; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e9bcda; }

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 #e9bcda against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e9bcda 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 #e9bcda 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 #e9bcda 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 #e9bcda 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.