Thistle

#cec5cd

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

Thistle sits in the pink band, light and grey. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #cec5cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cec5cd

RGB206, 197, 205

HSL307, 8%, 79%

HSV307, 4%, 81%

CMYK0%, 4%, 0%, 19%

Lab80.44, 4.58, -2.88

XYZ56.44, 57.46, 65.87

Decimal13551053

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5305 C

Shades of thistle

#bdb1bc #ac9daa #9b8899 #8a7487 #766373 #615260 #4d414c #393038 #251f24 #110e10

Tints of thistle

#d2cad1 #d6cfd5 #dad3d9 #ded8de #e2dde2 #e6e2e6 #ebe7ea #efecee #f3f0f2 #f7f5f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#c5cec6 Analogous#cbc5ce Analogous#cec5c9 Triadic#cdcec5 Triadic#c5cdce Split complementary#c9cec5 Split complementary#c5cecb

Thistle in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cec5cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 4 25

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 #cec5cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cec5cd; }
.text { color: #cec5cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cec5cd; }

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 #cec5cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cec5cd 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 #cec5cd 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 #cec5cd 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 #cec5cd 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.