Thistle

#b2a0bf

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

Thistle falls in the purple range, mid and muted. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #b2a0bf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b2a0bf

RGB178, 160, 191

HSL275, 19%, 69%

HSV275, 16%, 75%

CMYK7%, 16%, 0%, 25%

Lab68.29, 12.41, -13.54

XYZ40.33, 38.37, 54.57

Decimal11706559

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone666 C

Shades of thistle

#a28db2 #937aa5 #836798 #735a85 #624d72 #52405f #41334c #312639 #201925 #100c12

Tints of thistle

#b9a8c5 #c0b1ca #c7b9d0 #cdc2d6 #d4cadb #dbd3e1 #e2dbe7 #e9e3ec #f0ecf2 #f6f4f8

Colors that go with thistle

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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 7, 16, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b2a0bf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 16 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 19 4 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Thistle in css

Copy #b2a0bf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b2a0bf; }
.text { color: #b2a0bf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b2a0bf; }

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 #b2a0bf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b2a0bf 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 #b2a0bf 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 #b2a0bf 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 #b2a0bf come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.