Thistle

#c2acca

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

Thistle falls in the purple range, light and muted. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #c2acca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c2acca

RGB194, 172, 202

HSL284, 22%, 73%

HSV284, 15%, 79%

CMYK4%, 15%, 0%, 21%

Lab73.05, 13.4, -12.32

XYZ47.66, 45.24, 62.1

Decimal12758218

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone2635 C

Shades of thistle

#b397bd #a382af #946da2 #835c90 #704f7b #5d4167 #4a3452 #37273d #241928 #110c13

Tints of thistle

#c7b3cf #cdbad3 #d2c2d8 #d7c9dc #dcd0e1 #e2d7e6 #e7deea #ece6ef #f2edf3 #f7f4f8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#b4caac Analogous#b3acca Analogous#caacc3 Triadic#cac2ac Triadic#accac2 Split complementary#c3caac Split complementary#accab3

Thistle in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 4, 15, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c2acca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 15 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

8 18 4 27

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 #c2acca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c2acca; }
.text { color: #c2acca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c2acca; }

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 #c2acca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c2acca 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 #c2acca 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 #c2acca 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 #c2acca are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.