Thistle

#f2bfdd

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 #f2bfdd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f2bfdd

RGB242, 191, 221

HSL325, 66%, 85%

HSV325, 21%, 95%

CMYK0%, 21%, 9%, 5%

Lab82.57, 22.97, -7.96

XYZ68.3, 61.36, 76.65

Decimal15908829

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone243 C

Shades of thistle

#eb9ecb #e47cb9 #de5ba8 #d73996 #c12781 #9f206b #7e1a55 #5c133e #3b0c28 #190511

Tints of thistle

#f4c9e2 #f6d3e7 #f7d8ea #f9e1ef #fae6f2 #fbebf5 #fcf0f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#bff2d4 Analogous#eebff2 Analogous#f2bfc3 Triadic#ddf2bf Triadic#bfddf2 Split complementary#c4f2bf Split complementary#bff2ee

Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 21, 9, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f2bfdd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 9 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 12 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Thistle in css

Copy #f2bfdd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f2bfdd; }
.text { color: #f2bfdd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f2bfdd; }

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 #f2bfdd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f2bfdd 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 #f2bfdd 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 #f2bfdd 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 #f2bfdd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.