Thistle

#fbe2f8

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. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #fbe2f8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fbe2f8

RGB251, 226, 248

HSL307, 76%, 94%

HSV307, 10%, 98%

CMYK0%, 10%, 1%, 2%

Lab92.43, 12.3, -7.55

XYZ83.92, 81.68, 100.15

Decimal16507640

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone263 C

Shades of thistle

#f6bbef #f094e5 #eb6cdc #e545d2 #df1fc8 #b819a5 #911482 #690f5e #42093b #1b0418

Tints of thistle

#fce6f9 #fceafa #fdeefb

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e2fbe5 Analogous#f1e2fb Analogous#fbe2ec Triadic#f8fbe2 Triadic#e2f8fb Split complementary#ecfbe2 Split complementary#e2fbf2

Thistle in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 1, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fbe2f8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 1 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 5 8

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 #fbe2f8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fbe2f8; }
.text { color: #fbe2f8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fbe2f8; }

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 #fbe2f8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fbe2f8 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 #fbe2f8 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 #fbe2f8 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 #fbe2f8 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.