Thistle

#b298a6

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

Thistle sits in the pink band, mid and muted. 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 #b298a6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b298a6

RGB178, 152, 166

HSL328, 14%, 65%

HSV328, 15%, 70%

CMYK0%, 15%, 7%, 30%

Lab65.49, 12.07, -3.74

XYZ36.47, 34.67, 40.85

Decimal11704486

Web safe#999999

Pantone5215 C

Shades of thistle

#a58797 #987688 #896779 #785a6a #674d5b #56404c #45343d #34272e #231a1f #120d0f

Tints of thistle

#b9a1ae #c0abb6 #c7b4be #cebdc6 #d5c6ce #dcd0d6 #e3d9de #e9e2e6 #f0ecee #f7f5f6

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#98b2a4 Analogous#b198b2 Analogous#b29899 Triadic#a6b298 Triadic#98a6b2 Split complementary#99b298 Split complementary#98b2b1

Thistle in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 15, 7, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b298a6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 15 7 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 18 10 36

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 #b298a6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b298a6; }
.text { color: #b298a6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b298a6; }

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 #b298a6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b298a6 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 #b298a6 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 #b298a6 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 #b298a6 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.