Thistle

#ecd4e8

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

Thistle sits in the pink band, pale and soft. 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 #ecd4e8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ecd4e8

RGB236, 212, 232

HSL310, 39%, 88%

HSV310, 10%, 93%

CMYK0%, 10%, 2%, 7%

Lab87.36, 11.74, -6.78

XYZ72.7, 70.75, 86.17

Decimal15521000

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone263 C

Shades of thistle

#dfb7d9 #d29ac9 #c67dba #b960aa #a64997 #893d7c #6c3062 #4f2348 #32162e #150913

Tints of thistle

#edd7ea #efdaeb #f0dded #f1e0ef #f3e3f0 #f4e6f2 #f5e9f3 #f7ecf5 #f8f0f7 #faf3f8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#d4ecd8 Analogous#e4d4ec Analogous#ecd4dc Triadic#e8ecd4 Triadic#d4e8ec Split complementary#dcecd4 Split complementary#d4ece4

Thistle in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 2, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ecd4e8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 2 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 6 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 #ecd4e8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ecd4e8; }
.text { color: #ecd4e8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ecd4e8; }

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 #ecd4e8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ecd4e8 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 #ecd4e8 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 #ecd4e8 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

Here is how the numbers for #ecd4e8 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.