Thistle

#ebd2ee

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

Thistle sits in the pink band, pale and soft. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #ebd2ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ebd2ee

RGB235, 210, 238

HSL294, 45%, 88%

HSV294, 12%, 93%

CMYK1%, 12%, 0%, 7%

Lab86.96, 13.55, -10.56

XYZ72.74, 69.93, 90.55

Decimal15454958

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone531 C

Shades of thistle

#deb4e3 #d095d7 #c377cc #b559c0 #a242ae #86368f #6a2b71 #4d1f53 #311435 #150816

Tints of thistle

#ecd5ef #eed8f0 #efdcf2 #f1dff3 #f2e2f4 #f4e5f5 #f5e8f6 #f6ecf8 #f8eff9 #f9f2fa

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#d5eed2 Analogous#ddd2ee Analogous#eed2e3 Triadic#eeebd2 Triadic#d2eeeb Split complementary#e3eed2 Split complementary#d2eedd

Thistle in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 1, 12, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ebd2ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 12 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 15 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 #ebd2ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ebd2ee; }
.text { color: #ebd2ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ebd2ee; }

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 #ebd2ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ebd2ee 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 #ebd2ee 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 #ebd2ee 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

Every value on this page for #ebd2ee is computed, not guessed. 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.