Thistle

#a99fad

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

This is Thistle, a grey purple at 283 degrees. 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 #a99fad, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a99fad

RGB169, 159, 173

HSL283, 8%, 65%

HSV283, 8%, 68%

CMYK2%, 8%, 0%, 32%

Lab66.71, 6.27, -5.95

XYZ36.3, 36.25, 44.62

Decimal11116461

Web safe#999999

Pantone5295 C

Shades of thistle

#9a8f9f #8c7e91 #7d6f82 #6d6172 #5e5462 #4e4652 #3f3841 #2f2a31 #1f1c21 #100e11

Tints of thistle

#b1a8b4 #b8b0bc #c0b9c3 #c8c2cb #d0cad2 #d7d3d9 #dfdbe1 #e7e4e8 #efedef #f6f5f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#a3ad9f Analogous#a29fad Analogous#ad9faa Triadic#ada99f Triadic#9fada9 Split complementary#aaad9f Split complementary#9fada2

Thistle in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 2, 8, 0, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a99fad on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 8 0 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 11 4 38

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Thistle in css

Copy #a99fad straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a99fad; }
.text { color: #a99fad; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a99fad; }

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 #a99fad against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a99fad against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Thistle on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a99fad 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn thistle into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a99fad 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 #a99fad come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.