Thistle

#c5afbb

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 #c5afbb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c5afbb

RGB197, 175, 187

HSL327, 16%, 73%

HSV327, 11%, 77%

CMYK0%, 11%, 5%, 23%

Lab73.62, 10.0, -3.22

XYZ47.33, 46.12, 53.42

Decimal12955579

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone665 C

Shades of thistle

#b79baa #a88799 #9a7489 #886377 #755566 #614655 #4d3843 #392a32 #261b21 #120d10

Tints of thistle

#cab6c1 #cfbdc7 #d4c4cd #d9cbd3 #ded2d9 #e3d9df #e8e0e4 #ede7ea #f2eef0 #f7f5f6

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#afc5b9 Analogous#c4afc5 Analogous#c5afb0 Triadic#bbc5af Triadic#afbbc5 Split complementary#b0c5af Split complementary#afc5c4

Thistle in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 11, 5, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c5afbb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 11 5 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 14 9 29

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Thistle in css

Copy #c5afbb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c5afbb; }
.text { color: #c5afbb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c5afbb; }

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 #c5afbb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c5afbb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Thistle on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #c5afbb 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn thistle into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #c5afbb 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 #c5afbb 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.