Thistle

#efc0dc

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

This is Thistle, a strong pink at 324 degrees. 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 #efc0dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#efc0dc

RGB239, 192, 220

HSL324, 59%, 85%

HSV324, 20%, 94%

CMYK0%, 20%, 8%, 6%

Lab82.5, 21.24, -7.57

XYZ67.36, 61.22, 75.98

Decimal15712476

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone250 C

Shades of thistle

#e7a0ca #df80b9 #d760a7 #cf4095 #b82f81 #98276a #781f54 #58163e #380e27 #180611

Tints of thistle

#f1cae1 #f4d4e7 #f6ddec #f8e2ef #f9e7f2 #faecf4 #fbf1f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#c0efd3 Analogous#ebc0ef Analogous#efc0c4 Triadic#dcefc0 Triadic#c0dcef Split complementary#c4efc0 Split complementary#c0efeb

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, 20, 8, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #efc0dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 20 8 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 22 11 12

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 #efc0dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #efc0dc; }
.text { color: #efc0dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #efc0dc; }

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 #efc0dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #efc0dc 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 #efc0dc 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 #efc0dc 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 #efc0dc is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.