Thistle

#eac5ec

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. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #eac5ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eac5ec

RGB234, 197, 236

HSL297, 51%, 85%

HSV297, 17%, 93%

CMYK1%, 17%, 0%, 7%

Lab83.69, 19.74, -14.39

XYZ69.04, 63.48, 87.97

Decimal15386092

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone250 C

Shades of thistle

#dfa7e2 #d488d8 #c96ace #be4cc4 #a939af #8b2f90 #6e2572 #511b54 #341135 #160817

Tints of thistle

#ecc9ed #edceef #efd2f0 #f0d7f2 #f2dbf3 #f4e0f5 #f5e4f6 #f7e9f8 #f9edf9 #faf2fb

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#c7ecc5 Analogous#d7c5ec Analogous#ecc5db Triadic#eceac5 Triadic#c5ecea Split complementary#dbecc5 Split complementary#c5ecd6

Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 1, 17, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eac5ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 17 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 20 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 #eac5ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eac5ec; }
.text { color: #eac5ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eac5ec; }

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 #eac5ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eac5ec 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 #eac5ec 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 #eac5ec 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 #eac5ec 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.