Thistle

#fad5ff

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 293 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #fad5ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fad5ff

RGB250, 213, 255

HSL293, 100%, 92%

HSV293, 16%, 100%

CMYK2%, 16%, 0%, 0%

Lab89.46, 20.02, -15.67

XYZ81.27, 75.13, 104.83

Decimal16438783

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone250 C

Shades of thistle

#f5a9ff #f07eff #ea52ff #e526ff #dc00f9 #b500ce #8f00a2 #680076 #41004a #1b001f

Tints of thistle

#fbdaff #fbdfff #fce3ff #fce8ff #fdedff

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#daffd5 Analogous#e5d5ff Analogous#ffd5ef Triadic#fffad5 Triadic#d5fffa Split complementary#efffd5 Split complementary#d5ffe5

Thistle in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 2, 16, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fad5ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 16 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 19 4 6

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 #fad5ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fad5ff; }
.text { color: #fad5ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fad5ff; }

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 #fad5ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fad5ff 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 #fad5ff 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 #fad5ff 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 #fad5ff is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.