Thistle

#f1c1dd

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 325 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 #f1c1dd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f1c1dd

RGB241, 193, 221

HSL325, 63%, 85%

HSV325, 20%, 95%

CMYK0%, 20%, 8%, 5%

Lab82.95, 21.57, -7.42

XYZ68.4, 62.06, 76.78

Decimal15843805

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone250 C

Shades of thistle

#eaa0cb #e27fb9 #db5ea7 #d33d95 #be2b80 #9d236a #7c1c54 #5b143d #3a0d27 #190611

Tints of thistle

#f2c6e0 #f3cae2 #f4cfe5 #f5d4e7 #f6d9ea #f7dded #f8e2ef #fae7f2 #fbecf4 #fcf0f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#c1f1d5 Analogous#edc1f1 Analogous#f1c1c5 Triadic#ddf1c1 Triadic#c1ddf1 Split complementary#c5f1c1 Split complementary#c1f1ed

Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 20, 8, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f1c1dd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 20 8 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 22 11 11

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 #f1c1dd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f1c1dd; }
.text { color: #f1c1dd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f1c1dd; }

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 #f1c1dd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f1c1dd 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 #f1c1dd 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 #f1c1dd 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

Here is how the numbers for #f1c1dd are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.