Thistle

#efd8ea

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 313 degrees. 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 #efd8ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#efd8ea

RGB239, 216, 234

HSL313, 42%, 89%

HSV313, 10%, 94%

CMYK0%, 10%, 2%, 6%

Lab88.64, 11.01, -5.92

XYZ75.0, 73.4, 88.06

Decimal15718634

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone263 C

Shades of thistle

#e3bada #d69cca #ca7eb9 #be60a9 #ac4796 #8e3a7c #702e62 #522247 #34152d #160913

Tints of thistle

#f0dbeb #f1dded #f2e0ee #f3e3f0 #f4e5f1 #f5e8f3 #f7eaf4 #f8edf5 #f9f0f7 #faf2f8

Colors that go with thistle

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Thistle in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 2, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #efd8ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 2 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 6 12

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 #efd8ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #efd8ea; }
.text { color: #efd8ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #efd8ea; }

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 #efd8ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #efd8ea 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 #efd8ea 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 #efd8ea 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 #efd8ea are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.