Thistle

#ebd4ea

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 303 degrees. 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 #ebd4ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ebd4ea

RGB235, 212, 234

HSL303, 37%, 88%

HSV303, 10%, 92%

CMYK0%, 10%, 0%, 8%

Lab87.33, 11.77, -7.89

XYZ72.66, 70.69, 87.66

Decimal15455466

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone263 C

Shades of thistle

#deb8dc #d19bce #c37fc0 #b662b2 #a34c9f #873f83 #6a3168 #4e244c #311730 #150a14

Tints of thistle

#ecd7ec #eedaed #efddef #f1e0f0 #f2e3f2 #f4e6f3 #f5eaf5 #f6edf6 #f8f0f8 #f9f3f9

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#d4ebd5 Analogous#e1d4eb Analogous#ebd4de Triadic#eaebd4 Triadic#d4eaeb Split complementary#dfebd4 Split complementary#d4ebe1

Thistle in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ebd4ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 4 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 #ebd4ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ebd4ea; }
.text { color: #ebd4ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ebd4ea; }

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 #ebd4ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ebd4ea 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 #ebd4ea 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 #ebd4ea 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 #ebd4ea is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.