Thistle

#ecc6ec

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 300 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 #ecc6ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ecc6ec

RGB236, 198, 236

HSL300, 50%, 85%

HSV300, 16%, 93%

CMYK0%, 16%, 0%, 7%

Lab84.11, 19.87, -13.75

XYZ69.93, 64.28, 88.08

Decimal15517420

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone250 C

Shades of thistle

#e2a8e2 #d889d8 #ce6bce #c44dc4 #ae3aae #903090 #722672 #531c53 #351235 #170817

Tints of thistle

#efcfef #f2d7f2 #f3dcf3 #f6e5f6 #f9edf9 #fbf2fb

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#c6ecc6 Analogous#d9c6ec Analogous#ecc6d9 Triadic#ececc6 Triadic#c6ecec Split complementary#d9ecc6 Split complementary#c6ecd9

Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 16, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ecc6ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 16 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 19 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Thistle in css

Copy #ecc6ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ecc6ec; }
.text { color: #ecc6ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ecc6ec; }

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 #ecc6ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ecc6ec 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 #ecc6ec 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 #ecc6ec 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 #ecc6ec is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.