Thistle

#f9c7f1

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

This is Thistle, a vivid pink at 310 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #f9c7f1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f9c7f1

RGB249, 199, 241

HSL310, 81%, 88%

HSV310, 20%, 98%

CMYK0%, 20%, 3%, 2%

Lab85.67, 24.54, -13.94

XYZ75.37, 67.34, 92.24

Decimal16369649

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone250 C

Shades of thistle

#f5a1e8 #f17cde #ed56d5 #e930cb #d817b9 #b21399 #8d0f79 #670b58 #410738 #1c0318

Tints of thistle

#f9cbf2 #facff3 #fad3f4 #fbd7f5 #fbdbf6 #fcdff7 #fce3f8 #fce7f9 #fdebfa #fdeffb

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#c7f9cf Analogous#e8c7f9 Analogous#f9c7d8 Triadic#f1f9c7 Triadic#c7f1f9 Split complementary#d8f9c7 Split complementary#c7f9e8

Thistle in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 20, 3, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f9c7f1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 20 3 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 22 7 8

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Thistle in css

Copy #f9c7f1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f9c7f1; }
.text { color: #f9c7f1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f9c7f1; }

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 #f9c7f1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f9c7f1 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 #f9c7f1 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 #f9c7f1 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 #f9c7f1 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.