Thistle

#f4e4f5

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 296 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 #f4e4f5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4e4f5

RGB244, 228, 245

HSL296, 46%, 93%

HSV296, 7%, 96%

CMYK0%, 7%, 0%, 4%

Lab92.27, 8.4, -6.29

XYZ81.53, 81.31, 97.78

Decimal16049397

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone263 C

Shades of thistle

#e7c4e9 #daa3dd #cd83d1 #bf63c5 #b144b8 #923897 #732c77 #542057 #351437 #160816

Tints of thistle

#f5e5f6 #f5e7f6 #f6e8f7 #f6eaf7 #f7ebf8 #f7ecf8 #f8eef9 #f9eff9 #f9f1fa #faf2fa

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e5f5e4 Analogous#ece4f5 Analogous#f5e4ed Triadic#f5f4e4 Triadic#e4f5f4 Split complementary#eef5e4 Split complementary#e4f5ec

Thistle in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 7, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4e4f5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 4 10

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 #f4e4f5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4e4f5; }
.text { color: #f4e4f5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4e4f5; }

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 #f4e4f5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4e4f5 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 #f4e4f5 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 #f4e4f5 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

The figures for #f4e4f5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.