Thistle

#b396ae

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 310 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 #b396ae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b396ae

RGB179, 150, 174

HSL310, 16%, 65%

HSV310, 16%, 70%

CMYK0%, 16%, 3%, 30%

Lab65.32, 15.01, -8.48

XYZ37.14, 34.45, 44.74

Decimal11769518

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone666 C

Shades of thistle

#a685a1 #9a7393 #8b6584 #7a5874 #684b63 #573f53 #463242 #342632 #231921 #120d11

Tints of thistle

#ba9fb5 #c1a9bd #c8b2c4 #cebccb #d5c5d3 #dccfda #e3d8e1 #eae2e8 #f1ebf0 #f8f5f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#96b39b Analogous#a996b3 Analogous#b3969f Triadic#aeb396 Triadic#96aeb3 Split complementary#9fb396 Split complementary#96b3a9

Thistle in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 16, 3, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b396ae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 16 3 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 19 7 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 #b396ae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b396ae; }
.text { color: #b396ae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b396ae; }

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 #b396ae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b396ae 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 #b396ae 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 #b396ae 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 #b396ae are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.