Thistle

#fce4fa

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

This is Thistle, a vivid pink at 305 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 #fce4fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fce4fa

RGB252, 228, 250

HSL305, 80%, 94%

HSV305, 10%, 99%

CMYK0%, 10%, 1%, 1%

Lab93.05, 11.94, -7.67

XYZ85.14, 83.08, 101.99

Decimal16573690

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone263 C

Shades of thistle

#f8bcf3 #f393eb #ef6be4 #ea42dc #e61ad5 #bd15af #95118a #6c0c64 #44083f #1c031a

Tints of thistle

#fce5fa #fce6fa #fce7fb #fce8fb #fde9fb #fdebfb #fdecfb #fdedfc #fdeefc #fdeffc

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e4fce6 Analogous#f2e4fc Analogous#fce4ee Triadic#fafce4 Triadic#e4fafc Split complementary#eefce4 Split complementary#e4fcf2

Thistle in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 1, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fce4fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 1 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 5 7

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 #fce4fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fce4fa; }
.text { color: #fce4fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fce4fa; }

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 #fce4fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fce4fa 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 #fce4fa 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 #fce4fa 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 #fce4fa are worked out. 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.