Thistle

#fde4fa

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 307 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 #fde4fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fde4fa

RGB253, 228, 250

HSL307, 86%, 94%

HSV307, 10%, 99%

CMYK0%, 10%, 1%, 1%

Lab93.13, 12.28, -7.54

XYZ85.51, 83.27, 102.01

Decimal16639226

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone263 C

Shades of thistle

#fabaf2 #f790ea #f466e3 #f13cdb #ed12d3 #c40fae #9a0b89 #700864 #46053f #1c0219

Tints of thistle

#fde5fa #fde6fa #fde7fb #fde8fb #fde9fb #fdeafb #feebfb #feecfc #feedfc #feeefc

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#e4fde7 Analogous#f4e4fd Analogous#fde4ed Triadic#fafde4 Triadic#e4fafd Split complementary#edfde4 Split complementary#e4fdf4

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 #fde4fa 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 #fde4fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fde4fa; }
.text { color: #fde4fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fde4fa; }

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 #fde4fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fde4fa 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 #fde4fa 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 #fde4fa 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 #fde4fa come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.