Thistle

#eed2eb

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

Thistle is a pale pink, gentle and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #eed2eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eed2eb

RGB238, 210, 235

HSL306, 45%, 88%

HSV306, 12%, 93%

CMYK0%, 12%, 1%, 7%

Lab87.13, 14.01, -8.7

XYZ73.3, 70.27, 88.3

Decimal15651563

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone531 C

Shades of thistle

#e3b4de #d795d0 #cc77c3 #c059b5 #ae42a2 #8f3686 #712b6a #531f4d #351431 #160815

Tints of thistle

#efd5ec #f0d8ee #f2dcef #f3dff1 #f4e2f2 #f5e5f4 #f6e8f5 #f8ecf6 #f9eff8 #faf2f9

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#d2eed5 Analogous#e3d2ee Analogous#eed2dd Triadic#ebeed2 Triadic#d2ebee Split complementary#ddeed2 Split complementary#d2eee3

Thistle in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 12, 1, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eed2eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 12 1 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 15 5 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 #eed2eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eed2eb; }
.text { color: #eed2eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eed2eb; }

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 #eed2eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eed2eb 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 #eed2eb 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 #eed2eb 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 #eed2eb are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.