Thistle

#ffc5ec

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 #ffc5ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffc5ec

RGB255, 197, 236

HSL320, 100%, 89%

HSV320, 23%, 100%

CMYK0%, 23%, 7%, 0%

Lab85.63, 26.73, -11.29

XYZ76.35, 67.25, 88.31

Decimal16762348

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone243 C

Shades of thistle

#ff9bde #ff71d0 #ff47c3 #ff1cb5 #f100a2 #c70086 #9d006a #73004d #490031 #1f0015

Tints of thistle

#ffcdef #ffd5f1 #ffddf4 #ffe1f5 #ffe9f8 #ffedf9

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#c5ffd8 Analogous#f5c5ff Analogous#ffc5cf Triadic#ecffc5 Triadic#c5ecff Split complementary#cfffc5 Split complementary#c5fff5

Thistle in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 23, 7, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffc5ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 23 7 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 25 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 #ffc5ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffc5ec; }
.text { color: #ffc5ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffc5ec; }

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 #ffc5ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffc5ec 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 #ffc5ec 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 #ffc5ec 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 #ffc5ec is computed, not guessed. 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.