Thistle

#fac3e6

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

Thistle is a light pink, soft and easy to pair. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #fac3e6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fac3e6

RGB250, 195, 230

HSL322, 85%, 87%

HSV322, 22%, 98%

CMYK0%, 22%, 8%, 2%

Lab84.52, 25.09, -9.8

XYZ73.22, 65.07, 83.56

Decimal16434150

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone243 C

Shades of thistle

#f79dd6 #f476c6 #f050b6 #ed2aa6 #dc1292 #b50f79 #8f0c5f #690946 #42062c #1c0213

Tints of thistle

#fbccea #fbd4ed #fcd9ef #fde1f3 #fde6f5 #fdeaf6 #feeff8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#c3fad7 Analogous#f3c3fa Analogous#fac3cb Triadic#e6fac3 Triadic#c3e6fa Split complementary#cbfac3 Split complementary#c3faf3

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, 22, 8, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fac3e6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 8 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 11 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Thistle in css

Copy #fac3e6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fac3e6; }
.text { color: #fac3e6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fac3e6; }

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 #fac3e6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fac3e6 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 #fac3e6 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 #fac3e6 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 #fac3e6 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.