Thistle

#daa9c2

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

Thistle is a light pink, open and easy to pair. 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 #daa9c2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#daa9c2

RGB218, 169, 194

HSL329, 40%, 76%

HSV329, 22%, 85%

CMYK0%, 22%, 11%, 15%

Lab74.3, 21.89, -5.83

XYZ52.84, 47.18, 57.36

Decimal14330306

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone672 C

Shades of thistle

#cf90b0 #c5779f #ba5e8d #ab4a7b #923f69 #793457 #602945 #471f33 #2e1421 #15090f

Tints of thistle

#ddb0c7 #e0b8cc #e3bfd2 #e7c6d7 #eacedc #edd5e1 #f0dce7 #f3e4ec #f6ebf1 #faf3f6

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#a9dac1 Analogous#d9a9da Analogous#daa9aa Triadic#c2daa9 Triadic#a9c2da Split complementary#aadaa9 Split complementary#a9dad9

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, 22, 11, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #daa9c2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 11 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 14 21

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 #daa9c2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #daa9c2; }
.text { color: #daa9c2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #daa9c2; }

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 #daa9c2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #daa9c2 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 #daa9c2 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 #daa9c2 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 #daa9c2 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.