Thistle

#c09cb3

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 #c09cb3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c09cb3

RGB192, 156, 179

HSL322, 22%, 68%

HSV322, 19%, 75%

CMYK0%, 19%, 7%, 25%

Lab68.2, 17.21, -6.87

XYZ41.76, 38.24, 47.83

Decimal12623027

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone522 C

Shades of thistle

#b489a4 #a77595 #9a6286 #875675 #744a64 #603d54 #4d3143 #392532 #261821 #130c10

Tints of thistle

#c6a5ba #cbaec1 #d1b6c7 #d6bfce #dcc8d5 #e2d1dc #e7dae2 #ede2e9 #f2ebf0 #f8f4f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#9cc0a9 Analogous#bb9cc0 Analogous#c09ca1 Triadic#b3c09c Triadic#9cb3c0 Split complementary#a1c09c Split complementary#9cc0bb

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, 19, 7, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c09cb3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 19 7 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 10 31

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 #c09cb3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c09cb3; }
.text { color: #c09cb3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c09cb3; }

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 #c09cb3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c09cb3 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 #c09cb3 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 #c09cb3 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

The figures for #c09cb3 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.