Thistle

#b6a3bb

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

Thistle falls in the purple range, mid and muted. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #b6a3bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b6a3bb

RGB182, 163, 187

HSL288, 15%, 69%

HSV288, 13%, 73%

CMYK3%, 13%, 0%, 27%

Lab69.27, 11.32, -9.81

XYZ41.36, 39.73, 52.5

Decimal11969467

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone666 C

Shades of thistle

#a791ad #997ea0 #8a6c92 #795e80 #67516d #56435b #453649 #332836 #221b24 #110d12

Tints of thistle

#bcabc1 #c3b3c7 #c9bccd #d0c4d3 #d6ccd9 #ddd4df #e3dce5 #eae4eb #f0edf1 #f7f5f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#a8bba3 Analogous#aaa3bb Analogous#bba3b4 Triadic#bbb6a3 Triadic#a3bbb6 Split complementary#b4bba3 Split complementary#a3bbaa

Thistle in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 3, 13, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b6a3bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 13 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 16 4 33

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 #b6a3bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b6a3bb; }
.text { color: #b6a3bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b6a3bb; }

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 #b6a3bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b6a3bb 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 #b6a3bb 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 #b6a3bb 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

Every value on this page for #b6a3bb is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.