Thistle

#bca9bb

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

Thistle sits in the pink band, light and muted. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #bca9bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bca9bb

RGB188, 169, 187

HSL303, 12%, 70%

HSV303, 10%, 74%

CMYK0%, 10%, 1%, 26%

Lab71.32, 10.11, -6.71

XYZ43.9, 42.66, 52.93

Decimal12364219

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone665 C

Shades of thistle

#ae97ac #9f849e #91728f #7f637e #6d556c #5b475a #483847 #362a35 #241c23 #110d11

Tints of thistle

#c2b1c1 #c8b8c7 #cec0cd #d4c7d3 #dacfd9 #e0d7df #e5dee5 #ebe6eb #f1edf1 #f7f5f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#a9bcaa Analogous#b4a9bc Analogous#bca9b1 Triadic#bbbca9 Triadic#a9bbbc Split complementary#b1bca9 Split complementary#a9bcb4

Thistle in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 1, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bca9bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 1 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 5 32

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 #bca9bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bca9bb; }
.text { color: #bca9bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bca9bb; }

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 #bca9bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bca9bb 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 #bca9bb 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 #bca9bb 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 #bca9bb is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.