Thistle

#b596ae

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 314 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 #b596ae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b596ae

RGB181, 150, 174

HSL314, 17%, 65%

HSV314, 17%, 71%

CMYK0%, 17%, 4%, 29%

Lab65.51, 15.72, -8.18

XYZ37.6, 34.69, 44.76

Decimal11900590

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone666 C

Shades of thistle

#a984a0 #9c7393 #8d6484 #7c5773 #6a4b63 #583e53 #473242 #352532 #241921 #120d11

Tints of thistle

#bc9fb5 #c2a9bd #c9b2c4 #d0bccb #d6c5d2 #ddcfda #e4d8e1 #eae2e8 #f1ebf0 #f8f5f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#96b59d Analogous#ac96b5 Analogous#b5969f Triadic#aeb596 Triadic#96aeb5 Split complementary#9fb596 Split complementary#96b5ac

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, 17, 4, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b596ae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 4 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 8 35

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 #b596ae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b596ae; }
.text { color: #b596ae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b596ae; }

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 #b596ae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b596ae 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 #b596ae 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 #b596ae 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 #b596ae are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.