Thistle

#bc9db5

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

This is Thistle, a muted pink at 314 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 #bc9db5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc9db5

RGB188, 157, 181

HSL314, 19%, 68%

HSV314, 16%, 74%

CMYK0%, 16%, 4%, 26%

Lab68.12, 15.6, -8.13

XYZ41.14, 38.14, 48.91

Decimal12361141

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone522 C

Shades of thistle

#af8aa7 #a27899 #95668a #825979 #704c68 #5d3f56 #4a3345 #382634 #251922 #120c11

Tints of thistle

#c2a6bc #c8aec2 #ceb7c9 #d4c0cf #dac9d6 #e0d1dd #e6dae3 #ece3ea #f2ecf0 #f8f4f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#9dbca4 Analogous#b39dbc Analogous#bc9da6 Triadic#b5bc9d Triadic#9db5bc Split complementary#a6bc9d Split complementary#9dbcb3

Thistle in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 16, 4, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc9db5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 16 4 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 19 8 32

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 #bc9db5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc9db5; }
.text { color: #bc9db5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc9db5; }

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 #bc9db5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc9db5 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 #bc9db5 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 #bc9db5 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 #bc9db5 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.