Thistle

#ece4ed

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 muted. 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 #ece4ed, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ece4ed

RGB236, 228, 237

HSL293, 20%, 91%

HSV293, 4%, 93%

CMYK0%, 4%, 0%, 7%

Lab91.43, 4.3, -3.41

XYZ77.62, 79.43, 91.36

Decimal15525101

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone663 C

Shades of thistle

#dacadc #c7b0ca #b596b9 #a37ca7 #8f6395 #76527b #5d4061 #442f46 #2b1e2c #120c12

Tints of thistle

#ede6ee #eee7ef #efe9f0 #f1ebf1 #f2ecf2 #f3eef4 #f4eff5 #f5f1f6 #f6f3f7 #f7f4f8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e5ede4 Analogous#e8e4ed Analogous#ede4ea Triadic#edece4 Triadic#e4edec Split complementary#eaede4 Split complementary#e4ede8

Thistle in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ece4ed on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 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 #ece4ed straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ece4ed; }
.text { color: #ece4ed; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ece4ed; }

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 #ece4ed against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ece4ed 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 #ece4ed 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 #ece4ed 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 #ece4ed 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.