Thistle

#fbcdfc

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

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

Hex#fbcdfc

RGB251, 205, 252

HSL299, 89%, 90%

HSV299, 19%, 99%

CMYK0%, 19%, 0%, 1%

Lab87.58, 24.0, -16.89

XYZ79.19, 71.2, 101.66

Decimal16502268

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone250 C

Shades of thistle

#f8a5fa #f57df7 #f154f5 #ee2cf2 #e10ee6 #ba0bbe #930996 #6b076d #440445 #1c021d

Tints of thistle

#fcd4fc #fcdafd #fcdefd #fde4fd #fde8fe #feeefe

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#cefccd Analogous#e4cdfc Analogous#fccde6 Triadic#fcfbcd Triadic#cdfcfb Split complementary#e6fccd Split complementary#cdfce3

Thistle in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 19, 0, 1.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 19 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 4 7

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 #fbcdfc straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fbcdfc 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 #fbcdfc 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 #fbcdfc 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 #fbcdfc 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.