Thistle

#bfa3ba

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 311 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 #bfa3ba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bfa3ba

RGB191, 163, 186

HSL311, 18%, 69%

HSV311, 15%, 75%

CMYK0%, 15%, 3%, 25%

Lab70.05, 14.27, -8.02

XYZ43.45, 40.82, 52.04

Decimal12559290

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone522 C

Shades of thistle

#b290ac #a47d9d #976a8f #845c7d #714f6b #5e4259 #4b3447 #382735 #251a23 #120d11

Tints of thistle

#c5abc0 #cab3c6 #d0bbcc #d6c4d2 #dbccd9 #e1d4df #e7dce5 #ece4eb #f2ecf1 #f8f4f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#a3bfa8 Analogous#b6a3bf Analogous#bfa3ac Triadic#babfa3 Triadic#a3babf Split complementary#acbfa3 Split complementary#a3bfb6

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, 15, 3, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bfa3ba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 15 3 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 18 7 31

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 #bfa3ba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bfa3ba; }
.text { color: #bfa3ba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bfa3ba; }

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 #bfa3ba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bfa3ba 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 #bfa3ba 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 #bfa3ba 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 #bfa3ba is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.