Thistle

#fbd5fc

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 298 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 #fbd5fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fbd5fc

RGB251, 213, 252

HSL298, 87%, 91%

HSV298, 15%, 99%

CMYK0%, 15%, 0%, 1%

Lab89.45, 19.8, -14.08

XYZ81.15, 75.13, 102.32

Decimal16504316

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone250 C

Shades of thistle

#f7acf9 #f384f6 #ef5bf3 #ec33f0 #e211e7 #ba0ebf #930b96 #6b086e #430545 #1c021d

Tints of thistle

#fbd8fc #fbdafc #fcddfd #fcdffd #fce2fd #fce4fd #fde7fd #fde9fd #fdecfe #fdeefe

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#d6fcd5 Analogous#e7d5fc Analogous#fcd5ea Triadic#fcfbd5 Triadic#d5fcfb Split complementary#eafcd5 Split complementary#d5fce7

Thistle in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 15, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fbd5fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 15 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 18 4 7

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

Thistle in css

Copy #fbd5fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fbd5fc; }
.text { color: #fbd5fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fbd5fc; }

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 #fbd5fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fbd5fc 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 #fbd5fc 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 #fbd5fc 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 #fbd5fc is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.