Thistle

#cac0c5

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

Thistle is a light pink, relaxed and easy to pair. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #cac0c5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cac0c5

RGB202, 192, 197

HSL330, 9%, 77%

HSV330, 5%, 79%

CMYK0%, 5%, 2%, 21%

Lab78.63, 4.4, -1.26

XYZ53.28, 54.29, 60.49

Decimal13287621

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5305 C

Shades of thistle

#b9acb3 #a999a1 #98858e #87727c #73616a #605058 #4c4046 #382f34 #241f21 #110e0f

Tints of thistle

#cec5ca #d3cbcf #d7d0d4 #dcd5d9 #e0dbde #e5e0e2 #e9e5e7 #eeebec #f2f0f1 #f7f5f6

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#c0cac5 Analogous#cac0ca Analogous#cac0c0 Triadic#c5cac0 Triadic#c0c5ca Split complementary#c0cac0 Split complementary#c0caca

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, 5, 2, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cac0c5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 2 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 6 27

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 #cac0c5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cac0c5; }
.text { color: #cac0c5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cac0c5; }

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 #cac0c5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cac0c5 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 #cac0c5 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 #cac0c5 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 #cac0c5 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.