Thistle

#bda2b2

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 #bda2b2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bda2b2

RGB189, 162, 178

HSL324, 17%, 69%

HSV324, 14%, 74%

CMYK0%, 14%, 6%, 26%

Lab69.38, 12.65, -4.59

XYZ41.94, 39.87, 47.61

Decimal12427954

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone5155 C

Shades of thistle

#b08fa2 #a27d93 #956a83 #825c73 #704f62 #5d4252 #4a3541 #372731 #251a20 #120d10

Tints of thistle

#c3aab9 #c9b3c0 #cfbbc7 #d4c3cd #dacbd4 #e0d4db #e6dce2 #ece4e9 #f2ecf0 #f8f5f6

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#a2bdad Analogous#bba2bd Analogous#bda2a4 Triadic#b2bda2 Triadic#a2b2bd Split complementary#a4bda2 Split complementary#a2bdbb

Thistle in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 14, 6, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bda2b2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 14 6 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 17 10 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 #bda2b2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bda2b2; }
.text { color: #bda2b2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bda2b2; }

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 #bda2b2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bda2b2 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 #bda2b2 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 #bda2b2 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 #bda2b2 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.