Thistle

#afa2ba

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

Thistle is a mid purple with a confident cast. 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 #afa2ba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#afa2ba

RGB175, 162, 186

HSL273, 15%, 68%

HSV273, 13%, 73%

CMYK6%, 13%, 0%, 27%

Lab68.39, 9.27, -10.64

XYZ39.46, 38.5, 51.81

Decimal11510458

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone5295 C

Shades of thistle

#9f90ac #907e9f #806c91 #705e7f #60516d #50435a #403648 #302836 #201b24 #0f0d12

Tints of thistle

#b6aac0 #bdb3c6 #c4bbcc #cbc3d3 #d3cbd9 #dad4df #e1dce5 #e8e4eb #efecf1 #f6f5f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#adbaa2 Analogous#a3a2ba Analogous#baa2b9 Triadic#baafa2 Triadic#a2baaf Split complementary#b9baa2 Split complementary#a2baa3

Thistle in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 6, 13, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #afa2ba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 13 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

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

Thistle in css

Copy #afa2ba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #afa2ba; }
.text { color: #afa2ba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #afa2ba; }

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 #afa2ba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #afa2ba 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 #afa2ba 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 #afa2ba 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 #afa2ba 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.