Thistle

#ebc4e4

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

This is Thistle, a soft pink at 311 degrees. 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 #ebc4e4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ebc4e4

RGB235, 196, 228

HSL311, 49%, 85%

HSV311, 17%, 92%

CMYK0%, 17%, 3%, 8%

Lab83.31, 19.15, -10.69

XYZ68.0, 62.74, 81.93

Decimal15451364

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone250 C

Shades of thistle

#e1a6d6 #d788c9 #cd6abb #c24cad #ac3a98 #8e307e #712663 #531c49 #35122e #170814

Tints of thistle

#edc9e6 #eecde8 #f0d2ea #f1d6ec #f3dbee #f4dff1 #f6e4f3 #f7e9f5 #f9edf7 #faf2f9

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#c4ebcb Analogous#dec4eb Analogous#ebc4d1 Triadic#e4ebc4 Triadic#c4e4eb Split complementary#d1ebc4 Split complementary#c4ebde

Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 17, 3, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ebc4e4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 3 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 7 14

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 #ebc4e4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ebc4e4; }
.text { color: #ebc4e4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ebc4e4; }

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 #ebc4e4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ebc4e4 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 #ebc4e4 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 #ebc4e4 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 #ebc4e4 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.