Thistle

#fec8ee

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

Thistle sits in the pink band, pale and vivid. 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 #fec8ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fec8ee

RGB254, 200, 238

HSL318, 96%, 89%

HSV318, 21%, 100%

CMYK0%, 21%, 6%, 0%

Lab86.28, 25.16, -11.39

XYZ76.96, 68.55, 90.06

Decimal16697582

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone243 C

Shades of thistle

#fd9ee1 #fc75d4 #fc4bc7 #fb22bb #ee04a9 #c4048b #9b036e #710250 #480133 #1e0115

Tints of thistle

#fecff0 #fed7f3 #fedef5 #fee2f6 #ffe6f7 #ffeaf8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#c8fed8 Analogous#f3c8fe Analogous#fec8d3 Triadic#eefec8 Triadic#c8eefe Split complementary#d3fec8 Split complementary#c8fef3

Thistle in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 0, 21, 6, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fec8ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 6 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 10 6

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 #fec8ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fec8ee; }
.text { color: #fec8ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fec8ee; }

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 #fec8ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fec8ee 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 #fec8ee 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 #fec8ee 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 #fec8ee 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.