Thistle

#b8a2b7

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

Thistle is a mid pink, balanced and easy to pair. 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 #b8a2b7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b8a2b7

RGB184, 162, 183

HSL303, 13%, 68%

HSV303, 12%, 72%

CMYK0%, 12%, 1%, 28%

Lab69.08, 11.8, -7.87

XYZ41.23, 39.45, 50.24

Decimal12100279

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone522 C

Shades of thistle

#aa90a9 #9d7e9b #8f6d8d #7d5f7b #6b526a #594458 #473646 #352935 #231b23 #110d11

Tints of thistle

#beaabd #c5b3c4 #cbbbca #d1c3d1 #d8cbd7 #ded4dd #e4dce4 #ebe4ea #f1edf1 #f7f5f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#a2b8a3 Analogous#aea2b8 Analogous#b8a2ac Triadic#b7b8a2 Triadic#a2b7b8 Split complementary#acb8a2 Split complementary#a2b8ae

Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 12, 1, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b8a2b7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 12 1 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 15 5 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Thistle in css

Copy #b8a2b7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b8a2b7; }
.text { color: #b8a2b7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b8a2b7; }

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 #b8a2b7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b8a2b7 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 #b8a2b7 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 #b8a2b7 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

Every value on this page for #b8a2b7 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.