Thistle

#eccce1

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 soft. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #eccce1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eccce1

RGB236, 204, 225

HSL321, 46%, 86%

HSV321, 14%, 93%

CMYK0%, 14%, 5%, 7%

Lab85.23, 14.72, -6.23

XYZ69.78, 66.45, 80.38

Decimal15518945

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone531 C

Shades of thistle

#e1aecf #d690be #cb73ac #c0559b #ab4086 #8e356f #702a58 #521f40 #341329 #160811

Tints of thistle

#edd0e3 #efd4e5 #f0d7e8 #f2dbea #f3dfec #f4e3ee #f6e7f1 #f7eaf3 #f9eef5 #faf2f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#ccecd7 Analogous#e7ccec Analogous#ecccd1 Triadic#e1eccc Triadic#cce1ec Split complementary#d1eccc Split complementary#ccece7

Thistle in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 14, 5, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eccce1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 14 5 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 17 9 13

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 #eccce1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eccce1; }
.text { color: #eccce1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eccce1; }

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 #eccce1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eccce1 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 #eccce1 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 #eccce1 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 #eccce1 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.