Thistle

#f0dbf4

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

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #f0dbf4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f0dbf4

RGB240, 219, 244

HSL290, 53%, 91%

HSV290, 10%, 96%

CMYK2%, 10%, 0%, 4%

Lab89.73, 11.58, -9.56

XYZ77.6, 75.72, 96.11

Decimal15784948

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone263 C

Shades of thistle

#e2baea #d499e0 #c778d6 #b957cc #a83abd #8b309c #6d267b #501b5a #321139 #150717

Tints of thistle

#f1ddf5 #f2dff5 #f3e2f6 #f4e4f7 #f5e6f7 #f6e8f8 #f7ebf9 #f7edf9 #f8effa #f9f1fb

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#dff4db Analogous#e3dbf4 Analogous#f4dbec Triadic#f4f0db Triadic#dbf4f0 Split complementary#ecf4db Split complementary#dbf4e3

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 2, 10, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f0dbf4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 10 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 13 4 10

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 #f0dbf4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f0dbf4; }
.text { color: #f0dbf4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f0dbf4; }

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 #f0dbf4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f0dbf4 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 #f0dbf4 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 #f0dbf4 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 #f0dbf4 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.