Thistle

#b899aa

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 #b899aa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b899aa

RGB184, 153, 170

HSL327, 18%, 66%

HSV327, 17%, 72%

CMYK0%, 17%, 8%, 28%

Lab66.42, 14.4, -4.54

XYZ38.41, 35.88, 42.93

Decimal12097962

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone5215 C

Shades of thistle

#ab879b #9f758c #90657d #7e586d #6c4b5d #5a3f4e #48323e #36262f #24191f #120d10

Tints of thistle

#bea2b2 #c5abb9 #cbb4c1 #d1bec8 #d8c7d0 #ded0d8 #e5d9df #ebe2e7 #f1ebef #f8f4f6

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#99b8a7 Analogous#b799b8 Analogous#b8999a Triadic#aab899 Triadic#99aab8 Split complementary#9ab899 Split complementary#99b8b7

Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 17, 8, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b899aa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 8 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 11 34

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 #b899aa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b899aa; }
.text { color: #b899aa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b899aa; }

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 #b899aa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b899aa 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 #b899aa 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 #b899aa 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #b899aa are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.