Thistle

#f7bee2

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

Thistle is a light pink, relaxed and easy to pair. 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 #f7bee2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f7bee2

RGB247, 190, 226

HSL322, 78%, 86%

HSV322, 23%, 97%

CMYK0%, 23%, 9%, 3%

Lab82.96, 26.04, -10.01

XYZ70.5, 62.09, 80.22

Decimal16236258

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone243 C

Shades of thistle

#f39ad2 #ee76c2 #ea51b2 #e52da1 #d01a8d #ac1574 #88115c #640c43 #3f082b #1b0312

Tints of thistle

#f8c8e6 #f9d2eb #fad7ed #fbe0f1 #fce5f4 #fceaf6 #fdeff8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#bef7d3 Analogous#f0bef7 Analogous#f7bec5 Triadic#e2f7be Triadic#bee2f7 Split complementary#c5f7be Split complementary#bef7f0

Thistle in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 23, 9, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f7bee2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 23 9 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 25 12 9

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #f7bee2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f7bee2; }
.text { color: #f7bee2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f7bee2; }

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 #f7bee2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f7bee2 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 #f7bee2 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 #f7bee2 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 #f7bee2 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.